Hubby heard from construction manager... He was supposed to try to get over here today but says he is so slammed that it will now be tomorrow AM. PB was out of town so I called again today and it rang and rang and eventually left him a vm to call me.
The screen crew will be here tomorrow am.
We saw that the deck crew laid a type of mortar on the outside edge of the deck. However, many of the pavers did not adhere to the mortar and are laying on top just like the mortar was regular base. My reading on this was that the mortar bed is placed so the outside edge is secure and prevents shifting. Does anyone know how important it is to have the outside edge mortared down?
We have gone out and marked areas where the pavers are either too uneven, have bad scratches, or too wide of gaps.
I am not picking out all scratched areas but there are a lot of areas, that are involving more than 3 pavers, bc they had that huge saw running and left it sitting in the pavers. Since it was running, it was vibrating and sliding on the pavers which left these big circular scratches deep into the pavers. We also witnessed them tossing tools down onto the deck from waist height which also scratched it.
Sad part is, there are no pavers left over to replace any thing.... Still waiting to have THAT convo.
Our concern with the screen crew coming is that several pavers are on the outer edge where the screen will set. Including the end of the electrical conduit... They left the one end sticking up out of the pavers like it should but the other end that should be sticking out the side of the deck so wires can be placed inside the conduit is missing. Hubby dug way down trying to find it but its gone. We explained this to the construction manager but he seems to think he can fix all this an hour before the screen crew arrives.
So any info on the need to have the perimeter pavers set in mortar would be helpful.
Also, how level are others travertine paver decks? I don't expect it to be perfect but many areas are so unlevel that they can trip people and also prevents any furniture from sitting correctly without wobbling.
And should we have polymeric sand placed around these travertine pavers? We paid for it when we originally were going to have Tremron pavers. We just aren't sure if we should have it with the travertine bc its much smaller joints.
Right now, we have MANY areas where the sand is only at the very bottom of the joints but the top 3/4 is totally empty. Is this normal? Is this why polymeric is used? There are a lot of areas along the house where the sand puddled up after a rain.
******* Update *******
PB just called. Said the deck drain should run full length so will need to order more. I told him about the scratches and no extra travertine. He said he will be out tomorrow. We have also decided to forego the glass accent and do the upgraded plaster bc we just don't want to delay anymore. So shall see what will be done with the travertine and all tomorrow. Delivery truck is here now dropping off the screen enclosure parts.
Not to mention he told me to call him after we spoke on Wed regarding our decision on what to do after the accent tile issues.
hang tough and breath......It will get worked out and your pool will be better for it! Until them practice your ninja chops!
