Reno/addition start times (and noise) in the AM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Roughly what fraction of the time for an addition would you say the workers will be doing very noisy work? Like, is it very loud almost all day every day? 75% of the time? 50% of the time?

There’s no way to quantify this. It’s construction. It will be noisy all the time.

What are you having done? 4+ months is not a short stretch, so I’m guessing it’s not just a bathroom or two. We are out of our place for a 6 month renovation and I occasionally stop by the house at 730 am to pick up mail, move the trash cans for my neighbor, etc. Sometimes there are a bunch of trucks outside and I can see a lot of workers coming and going. And sometimes it’s completely quiet and no one has showed up yet. So it’s very variable and even though our GC has a schedule for all the subs, it is not always spot on. Sometimes a sub gets pulled away for a time sensitive issue on another project, and sometimes a sub unexpectedly has an open slot and comes in to do work. I think having an owner around is like having your mom at work. Even if she’s trying to be out of the way, you can’t carry on as normal.

[Anonymous]

We are doing a big addition and full renovation and renting the house next door. I think you need to move out. Seriously, asking them to start later is not going to work. As the project goes on, you will have lots of special requests come up. And if you are there with the kids, it sounds like it will be a handful to try to keep the kids from the crew, wasting their time talking to them etc. There are a lot of different people involved and I cannot imagine getting all of them to agree to start later so your spouse can sleep in.

That said, it’s not like it’s super loud every single morning. I’d say maybe 50% of the mornings are really loud, 20% of just sort of loud and then there are days where no one is working at all. Demo, framing, roofing, siding are all loud and they start right away. At our house they typically don’t work Sundays, but often do on Saturdays.

Seriously, if your spouse really needs to sleep later and you’re worried about the kids getting involved with the crews, move out.