Well, the electricians, plumbers, trim carpenters and tile guy were very busy last week. Everyone showed up on Tuesday and it was like a 3-ring circus out there. The objective was to install all plumbing and light fixtures, the trim guys were doing odd jobs here and there and the tile guy, well, I think he's just moved in. He's been grouting some rooms, he laid the tile in the small powder room and did the backsplash in the kitchen (which looks great, BTW)
I won't bore you with the details of "how" it happened, but there was a major SNAFU with the electrical fixtures. They sent the wrong stuff. My wife went out Tuesday afternoon and everything was wrong. I'm guessing they had about a fourth of the fixtures installed, maybe more. In any event, after a few calls to the lighting place, the error was found. But, now, the electricians had to "uninstall" everthing that had been placed and then wait until the next day for the correct fixtures to be delivered and the wrong stuff to be picked up. There are a few items that should have been delivered that are now on back order. Hopefully, they will be in soon. To their credit, the lighting place admitted their error and they will pay for the electrician's labor for the install-uninstall of the wrong fixtures. That's the way to do business.
I think the plumbers had the right stuff delivered and there were only a couple of incidents. One guy installed 2 kitchen sinks wrong. When I pointed out the error to him, he realized that he made a mistake and immediately set out to make the correction. On the main sink, somehow he managed to break the fixture so we now have to order a new one. Another incident involving the plumbers was the breakage of a floor tile in the kitchen as they were drilling through the floor from the basement to run either a water line or drain line. These were not drilled during the initial rough-in because they needed to have the center island in place to ensure they drilled in the right place. So, when their drill met some resistance after going through the subfloor, I guess they pulled out a hammer and started banging away. Needless to say, the tile guy was not pleased.
I did learn a little more about the turf wars that sometimes go on between the subs. The tile guy is a talker. He's been telling me about the politics that take place between the subs and the little things that can happen that can cause a little friction. As he says, just a little consideration for the other craftsmen would go a long way in making their work more enjoyable.
I didn't take many pictures today. The place is real messy again and the electrical/plumbing fixture installation is in progress. But I did take a couple of pics of the basement shop. Nothing exciting, really. But there is one interesting thing that had to be done for inspection purposes that will be undone immediately after we get the CO.
As you know, the shop has a single garage door plus a man door. Our building code mandates that all garages have a certain slope to the floor. I did not want a sloped floor, so we poured a level one. In oder to pass inspection, we had to frame the garage door opening, place a man door, and place exterior sheathing. Once we get the CO, we'll tear out the framed section and install the garage door. Before you worry too much about this plan, my builder did the same thing when he built a home for the head building inspector here. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Here's a picture of the newly framed garage door.
