October 8, 2006
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Building Steam
Things are getting busier as various contractors try to finish their tasks so they can cross me off their list of current jobs. (yes, please, cross me off-- and let's finish strong while we're at it!)
Window flashing/sealing is nearly complete, as is housewrapping.
Garage doorframes are getting firred out and ready for door installation.
The apartment's front door is already in place.
Plumbing looks now like a confusing maze, but Joe and KC insist it's a straightforward job. Just a bit involved, that's all. KC reminds me of my college microeconomics professor: while he's there to identify and explain and point things out, it all makes perfect sense. But as soon as he leaves the room, his insight leaves with him, and I can't remember what it all means.
If plumbing is a maze, electrical is a tangled web!
Danny is, if anything, even calmer and more confident than Joe and KC about what he's doing-- even when Bob and I tell him he'll have to raise all the outlets in the kitchen by two inches, right after he's finished putting them all in. Or when I tell him he'll need to change a 20amp 110V outlet to a 40amp 220V outlet. Nothing's a problem... but it does take time.Pickup carpentry is taking the most time, it seems. Some things I decided to change (like the shower bench), some were done wrong (the kids' loftwall-- twice), some things linger untouched. But some important bits of it are now finished and finished well, like the closet for the garage apartment.
[photo]All this is just gathering steam for what lies ahead.
First, it's preparation for the windows to arrive from Milgard. Bob tells me we can install them very quickly once they arrive, if we're ready-- and we nearly are. And doors + windows = a secure interior, which we hope will mean an end to jobsite thievery. (we didn't have hardly any problems while Miss Cynthia lived next door, but since she moved to Moreno Valley we have had several costly thefts)
Second, (secure interior) + (completed plumbing and electrical and mechanical) = drywall! Ceilings, floors, cabinets, oh my! After such a long road to reach this point ...five years four months since close of escrow... even mudding and taping will feel like the home stretch.
No pun intended.
