New Focus

We met with the Project Manager last night. Whew, where do I start. Look, he's a nice guy. He seems knowledgable, and seems like the kind of guy who can get things done.

Of course results show otherwise.

There is a sort of "density" about him I find hard to read. I say things to him and then I hear him later repeat them in a subtly different way that gives a different meaning to what I am really trying to convey. Several times last night I had to refocus him on what I really want with regards to a few things we are working on, and in at least one of the cases I'm not really sure he ever totally got it.

We'll see. At it's worst it sounds like things are moving again, so there should be some more updates soon.

Glass tile areas are being redone AGAIN. This is what, maybe the fifth try on this?

One of the major issues right now is still the drain for the shower. This was completely botched by the first tile guy, and we've been working around his mistakes since then. I hate the way the (crooked) tile matches up with the drain pan cover. Problem is removing and replacing that tile likely ruins the shower base, which means you're facing a complete "do-over" of the whole thing (Yikes).

Project manager wants to put a stainless steel thing over the tile (to hide it), riding 1/8 inch above the tile. I hate the idea. The other option is to try to fashion a larger cover that will fit properly into the gap, but then the tile is still crooked. I am advocating grinding the tile down. PM is very worried that it will pop loose and ruin the shower base. Lots of stuff here I don't understand. He is exploring other options.

And then there is the double-talk stuff. He originally advocated welding the new piece of stainless to the old piece, which I am okay with. Somehow in the twists and turns of the conversation that eventually changed to gluing the new piece directly to the supports in the drain. Later he mentioned something about one of his ideas being easier to clean when hair gets in there. I remarked that it wouldn't be easier if it's glued down. He totally didn't get it. Said something like you could still pull it up. "Maybe, but isn't that a lot harder than just lifting out a piece of stainless steel?" "Well, uh, yeah."

So we're still on the drawing board for how to solve this problem. I suppose I could demand that they just start over, but honestly I think I'd lose my mind if we had to do that.

If anyone has any ideas I am all ears.