Typically, the contractors would enter the unit or have the unit owner/occupant take the screens down.
They'd repair the damaged screens, then they (or the unit owner) would re-insert the screens into the windows.
Simple.
Easy.
Not today.
According to the contractors, they spoke to the unit owner, who stuck his head out of the window and then refused them access and, in addition, refused to remove the screens himself and give them to the contractors (or even leave them in the building hallway).
So, in order for the contractors to do their job, they had to climb a ladder three stories to remove the screens from the outside, repair them, then re-insert the screens into the window frames from the outside...three stories up!
This begs several questions...
1) Why couldn't the Board member/unit owner just leave the screens outside the unit (in the hallway) to be repaired if he couldn't give the contractors access to his unit?
2) Why couldn't the Board member/unit owner give the repairmen access to his unit?
3) How much more does this "climb-repair-climb again" procedure cost than just repairing the screens and will the Board member/unit owner cover the difference or force the rest of the unit owners to pay for it?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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