Climbing Gym Saga

Thought I'd provide an update to my climbing gym project. WELL... so far the prep work has revealed that the garage would need to be re-wired and that there's water damage in parts of the wood frame.

Re-wiring has been done. The gods smiled on me and I found an excellent electrician who:

A) said he could come in a couple days
B) actually did come in a couple days
C) did the work he said he was going to do

I haven't received the bill yet but even if he decided to charge me double than what he quoted I would be blissfully happy!

Now about this rotten framing issue. I've participated in enough renos over the years to not be surprised when something that should be an "easy" project turns into a multi-headed monster with a big old mouth that gobbles up money! My motto is to expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised if things turn out better than expected.

I had a friend over last night who has worked as a general contractor over the years. He took at look at my conundrum, whacked pieces of wood with his hammer, took a look at the foundation, shook his head ominously.. and said.. "I can fix this in a day". It will involve replacing a portion of the frame and digging out the foundation to avoid future water damage.

Which I tentatively ask.. "Do you have time do this project?" And he replied, "I'll come over on Saturday and get it done" I didn't ask how much this would cost me, he's a friend and will charge me fairly, I have no doubt about that. I also threw in the offer that he could come and use the climbing gym when ever he wanted. As a fellow climber he seemed to like that idea.

So far not much looks like its been done and I just have to keep the vision of this kick ASS bouldering area I will have by the end of the summer. (Here's hoping anyhow)