9:30am – Crew arrived one hour later than scheduled due to traffic on the local bridge. I was aware of this ahead of time having heard about it on the radio. The demolition was mostly completed, and the removal of debris began.
I know for a fact that with mold you are supposed to put all the debris in bags after removal to avoid cross contamination, but the contractor did not do this. Contractor brought moldy furniture, drywall and other items through the highly exposed "containment area" un-bagged and tossed it into the dumpster that was placed six inches from the side of my house (and in front of a basement window they opened for ventilation), which was also mere feet from my neighbor's house. The images below were taken from my living room window. The brick house belongs to my neighbor, (who happens to be an elderly widow, and prone to illness).
11:30am - I went down into the basement for the first time since they started work. I spoke at length to the contractor about what I wanted to see done as far as clean up, restoration, etc. The contractor advised that he had just been to another home in the area (on Cherry Street) for an estimate and gave my name and number as a reference. He did so without my permission.
11:45am – Crew left for lunch
12:20pm – Crew returned from lunch
1:30pm – I was outside in my garage. Contractor made a big deal about the fact that my garage was messy and why didn't I toss everything in the dumpster since I was paying for it. (Contractor would continue to pry into my personal business for two more days before I got really mad and put a stop to it).
2:30pm – I went back into the basement and hinted that contractor should re-light the water heater pilot since he knocked it out. Contractor acted like he didn't understand. I lit the pilot myself.
3:00pm – Crew left for the day.
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