Honestly, is it that much slower than any other construction wait? My neighbor's deck took six months to get approved. If a fence adds a couple weeks, that just seems like normal red tape.

That "no cracks or issues" claim is a stretch. A kitchen torch doesn't get hot enough for proper fusing, it just warms the surface. You're likely creating weak points and internal stress you can't even see. It might hold for a mosaic now, but it will fail over time or with temperature changes. Using the wrong tool isn't being clever, it's just risking your work and safety for no good reason.

Try to overthink it like I did and you'll end up with a hard drive full of blurry local shots and a bank account drained from gas money. I drove two hours once only for clouds to roll in, so now I just go local unless I really need to escape my own wifi for a night. The pics from my roof are never as good, but at least my cat keeps me company.