[BITTEN]

Nice job on the floor Toecutter. Looks like its coming along nicely. We did similar but but dropped the floor even lower (we too had a small fire).
In regards to your electrician/mechanic issues you can also expect any quote or estimate provided to double as well, as that seems to be standard practice.
Our auto electrician took 6mths vs the quoted 1 mth, doubled the quote and I ended up fixing all of his unsoldered joints that were taped instead of heat shrinked and the 14 areas of bared wiring where his soldering iron randomly burnt through the insulation. And stupid me had given him a $50 bottle of Makers Mark to speed him up.

More recently, we just spent 6 months trying to have A Arms made. From the start and all the way through we encouraged the engineer to just make one arm and only spot weld it to save his time but no, he made both arms fully finished and powder coated four times because they didn't fit each time and then doubled the price because of his time spent! Now we are back to square one.