[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - that's the bump.... and what he hasn't mentioned is the big irregular crack that I can see. It just happens from here to look like the most irregular rock in the bunch, and it is the bottom stair. And he said that bump is right where you want to step and it's an ankle twister. Grey on grey not sure it will be visible coming down or not.... I will look tomorrow. He wants me to come up before they get there.

I guess, for me, not knowing anything about it.. right now, before there are other rocks on top of it... seems it could be swapped out with a better choice?

[Ramius]

Looks to me like they've got a good anchor stone to serve as not only the bottom step, but also it *also* has to be the deep footing for the bulkhead as a whole. Its too deep to be any other step but the bottom one.

If it is just an irregular surface on the top... I can easily reshape it with a chisel and the small sledge hammer. It's granite. It's like working in solid wood. the inside looks like the outside.

[Ramius]

Did he say why the concrete is still in place at the end? Looks like they haven't removed the walkway yet? Any reason for that?

[Ramius]

What I really worry about it that he'll be such a pest that they will start hurrying and rushing the job just to get away from him. That's why Dan always says he likes to do jobs while they're away on vacation. The finished product always comes out great, but the process is an ugly thing.

I'm sure that it is quite bad enough that he's videotaping the whole thing. If I were a contractor it would terrify me that I'm being taped every minute I'm on the job. That's just an OSHA lawsuit waiting to happen. So everybody is tense all day while they work, knowing that that everything is going to be reviewed in detail and in slow motion. Sheesh.