Rough

I've taken a little break from the blog (Thurs and Friday last week) because there really wasn't any work done to write about other than Sal taking some surplus lumber back to the yard for a credit. Saturday was a working day for our electrician Ron and he got to town working on the rough electrical scope. One thing that I learned that I didn't know (due to my lack of residential experience) was that you need to have an outlet every 6 feet in a room. Let's just say we have a LOT more outlets now that originally planned. I hope the inspector doesn't count them since there are lots more than the handful that I pulled a permit for! Dennis, our plumber is on site today getting his rough plumbing done. I had to run to the house on my lunch break to get one of the valves he needed out of the garage. Go Dennis! The goal is to get the rough electrical, plumbing, and framing inspected this week before the City's closure this Friday and the Memorial Day holiday.

Bummer

Oh bummer. The plumbing work wasn't finished yesterday so he'll have to finish today (not his fault - I threw in some extra work he didn't know about until Wed morning which added to his list.... namely the new double sink in the bathroom). With the underfloor plumbing work not complete we can't call for an inspection today, and the City is closed this Friday (every other Friday off schedule like most Cities these days). That means no work will be done on Friday since we can't get inspected and move on to the next step until Monday. Oh well. I'd surely wait another two days and be behind in my mental schedule than have shoddy plumbing work with someone who cut corners. Dennis isn't that guy - he's got a good reputation for excellent work and I'm glad he's on our project. And now that I think about it, the "delay" gives me an extra day to get over to the city and pay for the permit to install a 2nd sink.

And there are joists!

Today is day 6 (five day work weeks) and it was great to come home from work and see that the forms had been pulled off (we asked for the wood to be saved so we can chop up for firewood for us and our neighbor) and the floor joists had been framed out. I'm not sure when the next inspection will be... need to check with Sal, our contractor tomorrow... but we are on a roll. Also need to share with Sal a new elevation for the bathroom. We picked out the sink/cabinet/legs/mirror on Sunday and now I need to make sure the plumber has dimensions for where the drain and water supply will be. I also decided on the final shower design and toilet (yay TOTO dual flush!) so now I'm set with all the fixture placement. I think I'll surprise everyone with the sink vanity manufacturer... its not what I had in mind but I'm not convinced that it will be great. Mike gets the credit for picking this one out!