Day 129-143

I've run out of steam for this blog. I can't believe the project is so far behind. Initially it was supposed to be done in mid to late September. Then it was supposed to be done at the end of October. Today it's November 10 and it's still not done. I laughed at my neighbor when she said "aim for Christmas." I responded that it will definitely be done before Thanksgiving. She looked at me and shrugged, unconvinced. I'm starting to fear she was right!

Here's where we're at today. The electrical is done (although not without a lot of mistakes and frustration). The floor guy showed up this morning (he was supposed to be here last Wednesday--and before that the last week in October). The plumbers showed up after lunch, but they're not done. If all goes well things will be wrapped up by Wednesday and we can ask for a final inspection at the end of the week. Having said that I'm sure we'll fail our inspection. I don't know why, but considering the only one we passed on the first try was our insulation inspection, I'm just expecting this thing to drag out another week.

I owe this site a bunch of photos. Most importantly the bathroom. It is the only room that's finished (except that the water's shut off and I haven't painted the woodwork). It has tile, painted walls, lights, a toilet, sink, and tub/shower. It looks great! The tile guy did a great job on the tub/shower and Brad did an amazing job on the floor. I got my penny tile after all. Now if I could just prevent the workers from ruining everything (they already dropped spackle on the grout and rubbed it in).



Here's a photos of the lighting in the kitchen/dining area:



And here are a couple photos of the exterior:





I decided this simply wouldn't be a typical post if I didn't share at least one strange story about the project. The lastest snag is with the garage door openers. They still haven't been installed. The installers came several times to install them and each time left without installing anything. Apparently the support beam on the ceiling is in the way. They decided to lower the track, but since it still wasn't low enough for the chains to clear the beam they wanted to lower it even more. We didn't want this because it would take about two feet off height in the garage away. Their other solution was to cut through the beam and then have someone else come in and reinforce it. No thanks. The garage door people couldn't come up with a solution, so Brad did (typical). The solution was to install side mount openers. Get this: the garage door company doesn't know how to install them (or won't). They're not going to help us. However they sell the openers for 2x what they cost online! And they call themselves the Overhead Door Company?! I think not.