Our Personal Inspection and a Couple Issues : End of Week Four

First, there is a cabinet that does not have holes for the shelves on one side, of course it is the side that will be in the corner behind the stove - PIA.

Second, the problem with the Pet Center, how to make the drawer lower - I have a plan and the contractor is coming Tuesday to implement it.  Wednsday the counter top people come to measure.

Then there are these voluminous cabinets over the microwave and the refrigerator.  We will have to think about how best to use these.

Finally, masking the bottom of the wall next to the stove.

A bit of Finish Work, and Then Another Pause

Well, a couple things to finish off this part of the work.

Add the Microwave and Refrigerator.

Add the Pulls:

Now we wait for the counter top template to be made...

End of Week 3

So, Friday was spent undoing the problems from Thursday... it seems they could not read the small drawing and missed the spacer they were to put in next to the refrigerator.  So they had to strike the upper cabinets, add the spacer, and move everything over 1-1/2".  This is the result at the end of the week:

We are not happy at the height of the low drawer of what will become the pet feeding station, it is a bit tall for Linzer.

Back to work!! W3D2

Contractor is back.  Today's plan is to fix the electrical inspector's concerns and text him images.  Then to do the sheet rock with the goal of painting tomorrow.

Final Initial Inspection

The building inspector came and looked.  approved it all and said he would see me when it was all over.

First Round of Inspections

Plumbing between 2 and 4

Electrical between 4 and 6

Plumbing is good.  Electrical has two notes:

Move this wire so it does not cross the studs.

These wires need to be set back and protected

Addendum Permit for Plumbing

In unrelated news...

If it is not one thing it is another.  

Late last week the basement toilet started to over flow when the main floor toilet flushed.  I tried a few tricks, but no luck solving the problem. 

So today our friends at Roto-Rooter got the call.  I like that their truck shows up with everything they need and while there price is a little high, the efficiency that they bring to the task is well worth it.

The main sewer from the house was clogged somewhere between the basement bathroom and the basement laundry room.  So he snaked out the inbound side, snaked and vacuumed the trap, and then snaked the outbound side.  All good.

Construction: W2D5

Nothing today.

Construction: W2D4

an email day:

We are completed with the plumbing work. Once the town issues the permit we will be able to call for rough inspection of the plumbing so we can continue with the rest of the project.

Yes, since all of the plumbing is done, as soon as it is ready we will schedule the rough inspection.

The good news, they approved the permit.

We were able to organize the rough inspections. Below are the dates/times of the inspections:

Electric - Wednesday the 11th (4-6pm)

Plumbing - Wednesday the 11th (2-4pm)

Building - Friday 13th (4-6pm)

Once these inspections are completed we will return to proceed with the project.

Construction: W2D3

Met with the plumbers tonight at 4:30

Before:

After:

Next Step?  Email the contractor.

Construction: W2D2

No permit today.

Met with Plumber, and he will do the work Wednesday or Thursday.

Construction: W2D1

No permit.