DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[David_R8]

What became of the second quote?

Fellow cam yesterday afternoon. Now I'm waiting for the quote.

 

[David_R8]

Second quote is in. $1600. Same work, same process.

 

[YYCHM]

Second quote is in. $1600. Same work, same process.

That's quite the discrepancy between quotes

 

[David_R8]

That's quite the discrepancy between quotes

Yup, the first one pretty much feels like a "we don't want this job" estimate.

 

[Susquatch]

Yup, the first one pretty much feels like a "we don't want this job" estimate.

Well, at $1600 I'll stop pushing you to look at other options. Might be a bit cheaper but not enough to make me want to further test the wrath of David.

Just git er dunn!

 

[David_R8]

Well, at $1600 I'll stop pushing you to look at other options. Might be a bit cheaper but not enough to make me want to further test the wrath of David.

Just git er dunn!

Yup, the fellow hopes to get going next week.

 

[Susquatch]

Yup, the fellow hopes to get going next week.

Awesome!

 

[PaulL]

That's immensely better. I found my old quote - $12k did my whole 2-car garage.
So your analysis of "we don't want the job" fits.
Paul

 

[David_R8]

I calculated the

That's immensely better. I found my old quote - $12k did my whole 2-car garage.
So your analysis of "we don't want the job" fits.
Paul

I calculated the area to be covered at 60 sq ft. $5000 for that is just complete insanity.

 

[Dabbler]

If you consider that they need 500$ to arrive and set up and clean up, $1100 for the coverage isn't out of line. I was thinking at 1200$ here in Calgary, so it is in the ballpark.

 

[David_R8]

Stucco repair has started!!!
<happydance>

 

[David_R8]

Oh yeah!

 

[jcdammeyer]

Oh yeah!

Looking good!

 

[David_R8]

Looking good!

I'm happy. He did a nice job on the lower left corner where I asked if he could parge coat the rough aggregate of the foundation.

 

[David_R8]

All done except for paint!
The texture is almost exactly the same as the house. Very happy with the result.

 

[jcdammeyer]

All done except for paint!
The texture is almost exactly the same as the house. Very happy with the result.

I guess once you slap some paint on it to match the house you'll see if there's any sort of variance. But it really does look great!

 

[DPittman]

It seems to me matching texture can be a very difficult thing in stucco. Now I've only had two stucco jobs done but the fellow that did my garage tried to match my house and he commented that the finish was a bit of a personal flair/technique thing.
Yours looks very very good match, maybe there is more standard procedures nowadays.

 

[LenVW]

All done except for paint!
The texture is almost exactly the same as the house. Very happy with the result.
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Looking good David !!
You never know what you will run into in an older home.

 

[David_R8]

I told the fellow that I was looking for a '10 ft job' meaning that I hoped it would look passable from 10 ft away.

 

[Hruul]

Wow that was very quick turn around. Looks great.