Thursday, November 7, 2013
My own personal building supply company
My sister Buffy works for a building supply company, Rocco, in Harrisonburg. Consequently, she has access to a large inventory of building supplies, as well as contacts within the area's building industry. She introduced me to Ray Guthrie, who is the building contractor.
Occasionally, usually when phasing out a product line, Rocco will greatly reduce the price of those products. Way before my house was even designed, Buffy came home with a list of patio doors which were being phased out. I bought seven sets! I hope I can use them all: I don't understand about elevations and slopes, etc. etc. so couldn't envision where doors would be possible on the ground floor. Consequently, I may end up with one or two extra sets. We may have patio doors on the garage!
The normal protocol of insider purchasing from Rocco is that you have to pickup the items yourself. In my case, Fred picked up the doors and he and Dave unloaded them into the bank barn. How fortunate am I?
Just before I went to California, siding trim went on big sale at Rocco so I bought as much as I thought I needed (estimating from drawings; how crazy is that?). Each piece is 18 feet long! But again, fortunate me: Buffy is arranging for the pieces to be delivered to Monger & Sons, who will deliver the trim to the farm when he delivers the framing lumber. I guess those will probably go to the bank barn, too.
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