Windows, Bricks and Sills

The idea in any project is to keep things arriving "just in time", although arriving "in time" would be just as good. To do this, you have to keep in mind the manufacturing "lead times". Anyway, there are a couple of items that we have placed orders for, even though we don't yet have the building permit (that should be done this week though).

Just before Christmas I sent off orders, with deposits, for the windows and the faux-bluestone sills. Of course if you do this too soon, there is some risk that the actual requirements could change after they are manufactured. In our case, we have had detailed discussions with the suppliers about these items, and in addition I know that they will not start work on them immediately. But at least I have been allocated production-resources for them in the weeks prior to when I need them delivered (around March 2005).

In the case of the bricks, no deposit was required, as the number of bricks required for the base-brickwork (the initial stage of brickwork) is small, and can therefore be supplied from existing production.