Authors Note: These chapters will make almost no sense if not read in order. If you haven't, I strongly suggest you go back to the introduction and chapter 1.
The projects with the Schwartz Iron works continue as measurements are taken and the Cell designed. Enjoy.
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It was the third of the following month before Jenni could schedule a visit. When she showed up at Jill's front door, Jill was excited to get her fence project started.
"Hi Jenni, any problem finding the house?" Jill asked.
"No problem at all, and it's Jerri." Jerri replied, "Guess who lost the election this month!"
"Oh," Clair realized with twins you couldn't make assumptions.
"And this is Helen," Jerri added, pointing to the girl behind her. Helen could not have been more than five feet tall; she only came up to Jerri's armpits. Helen had a cute, attractive face and bob haircut dyed purple. But her figure was stocky with no breasts to speak of, large hips and stocky legs. She was wearing the usual Schwartz uniform of denim overalls and despite her height, she was the one with the tool belt and Jerri was carrying a tablet.
"Let's see what you want," Jerri said, getting down to business. Jerri and Helen measured the fence line, measured the gate width, discussed the designs Jenni had sketched out.
"If you want any changes to the design of this decorative gate, I can get Jenni to make them in her cell," Jerri said, adding, "and do you want us to tear down and remove the old wood fence? We'll do it if you want, but it's not really our thing."
"I think her sketches are perfect and my husband agrees," Jill exclaimed enthusiastically, "and we have a handyman that can take that old fence out. I'll get that done."
"Did you want us to look at where you want a cell and work up a price for that as well?" Jerri asked.
"Oh, I don't know, I haven't talked to Bob about that yet.... but since you're here, come inside."
As they walked into the basement from the back yard, Jerri was studying everything. She noted the size of the basement door because that would determine how they would fabricate the cell. She looked at the power panel to see if there was enough power to run a welder. She looked at the wall dividing the basement, at the support posts, including the one with the chain attached. She looked at the exercise equipment. When she got to the alcove with the small sink and toilet she exclaimed, "Oh, that's nice, beats our camp toilet." Helen agreed.
"OK, this wall is load bearing, so we don't want to mess with that. And assuming you want the cell behind this door, there isn't room to put a freestanding cell like ours in the middle here, plus that support post with the chain on it would be inside the cell." Jerri explained. "So, I'd suggest attaching a U-shaped Cell to extend the alcove. That will give you a 10 deep X 8 wide cell with mostly cement walls, but the front part of the cell will be 2 ft deep by 8 wide bars. We can drill and bolt them solidly here and here. That will save you money on the bars and put the toilet and sink inside the cell."
Jerri further suggested an electronic lock. Basically a 1,600 lbs. hold strength electromagnet like those used on commercial security doors. "Helen can wire that up to your fire alarm system and a home automation system. It can be programmed so if the power fails, the fire alarm or burglar alarm goes off, the cell opens automatically. Helen's a wiz at that kind of stuff. And your husband can use a cell phone app to control the lock from anywhere in the world. I see," Jerri continued, "that he already has cameras in here so that's good. We always have someone around the shop but for this cell I would strongly recommend an automated lock."
Jerri had one other refinement she thought Jill would like, "We can make a rail system out of I-beams and bolt it to the ceiling, The I-beam would run from the back of the cell over the toilet, to the area by the exercise machines. We put a roller carriage, very strong, on the I-beam with a chain hanging down just long enough to reach the ground. We'll cut a slot in the cell bars above the door so the roller and chain will go though. The basic idea is that your collar can be chained to the trolly. When the cell door is open, you can pull the trolly over to the exercise machines along the I-beam."
"That sounds incredible," Jill said, "but why, once out, would I go back in my cell?"