[TheForge] helper question

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

my helpers are normally my daughters or son. we work well together. my
helper currently is the wife. she is driving me crazy over the
remodeling nightmare. after a section of wall is demolished she is
sweeping and vacuuming the area. today out in the shop while i was
soldering a brass nozzle for a garden fixture she was sweeping the floor
, collecting coffee cups, and emptying the ash trays.

so my questions are:

how do you get this type of helper to only clean up at the
end-of-the-day and not every half hour?

is there a short way of explaining the project? example today after the
concrete shower floor was demolished is was clear that the sub-floor has
serious water damage along with the surrounding walls. it took close to
an hour and half to explain that the sub-flooring needed to be replaced
and the walls would have to be torn out and rebuilt with new lumber.
these walls were not on the original plan to demolish.

on a side note:
it is nice to know that my daughters did learn well. the middle one was
helping this evening and right in there swinging the pipe wrenches and
pry bars with me.

-- 
Terry L. Ridder ><>