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Yes, I'm working this job presently. It should be complete in 2 more days. Yesterday I went to purchase the final load of stone from the new supplier and he only had half of what I needed, so now I have another delivery trip in it as well. My labor estimate seems to be running right about where I figured. I'm pretty sure I'm going to break even in the end, I'll have my materials and labor covered but nothing left for the company. It sucks, but I have to chalk it up to a learning curve on stone work.
My first Unilock job I broke even on too due to a geometry error on my part. That was 10 years ago. I can't dwell on this stuff or it would drive me nuts. Work in my area is pretty slow right now so I've been accepting jobs that I'd normally refer away. I have a guy now that's very good in stone work, I don't have the patience for it myself, so when a good client needed this wall built I worked it up based on the information my supplier gave me.
I'll get through this, it's discouraging though after the season I had last year, the lack of snow for plowing this past winter and the horrendous weather we had this spring, all of which have reduced revenues to a dangerous level.
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