So this is the page where I can SCREAM! ??
So we live in a small story and a half home and are about to undergo a second floor addition. We are not expanding the brick footprint out, just going up. Some of the red tape we have to deal with before we get a building permit is dealing with forestry. We will need to put a large deposit down with the City to guarantee the safety of the trees on the property. I understand the need as there are many idiots that would just chop down the trees on the lot; HOWEVER we bought the house because it had big trees, and if a construction worker were to even break a branch they would be dealing with ME! Fine rules are rules I understand that. So the builder forgets to send me the forestry report that states a fence will need to be put up to keep the construction away from the trees. A fence is normal, the tree out front of the house will have a fence constructed around it (they told me that). They failed to mention the trees in the far back of the yard will need to be segregated as well. Well yesterday afternoon I get a call at work from my neighbour telling me some guy just fell through the ice in pond while constructing a fence. The dummy built a 2x4 frame with chipboard straight across the middle of the pond! As soon as the snow melts this thing will be floating in my pond. They told me they did not drive any stakes down, I sure hope they are right. I have the bubbler just on the other side and there was a good 20 inch opening, so it was pretty obvious there was water there. Regardless the builder met the other side of me on the phone that he had not met before.
