Details

Friday's fire sprinkler inspection got delayed until Wednesday. There is still a long list of small details that need to be finished. Here are some pictures of this week's progress.

 Staining the master bedroom doors

Bathroom tile and bathtub side wall finished

Thomas working on the office floor

Air compressor and gas meter

All the grass sod is in

 Finished painting the patio wall

 More pictures of the driveway

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We Have ELECTRICITY!

I didn't pass final inspections because I haven't had the final fire sprinkler inspection with our city fire department. I didn't have the final fire sprinkler inspection because I didn't have electricity; I need electricity to power the fire sprinkler bell that rings when the fire sprinklers are on. And the city inspector wanted my fire sprinkler PASS card before he authorized electricity!!!!!?????? Yada yada yada......One of the many upside-down things that go on when dealing with city inspections. I also had final pool inspection yesterday (electricity is also needed for final pool inspection to test pumps), but the inspector didn't pass it because he couldn't get in the house to see door alarms. The problem with that is that I don't have door alarms! I have a net over the pool (very obvious) instead of door alarms!!!! I called the inspector and told him about the net and he apologized and said that he didn't even notice the net because most people have door alarms or automatic closing doors to separate the house from the pool (city code is that there had to be some kind of barrier between a pool and the house), and since he couldn't get in the house, he failed inspection. I'll have to re-call it in for Monday. Ugh.

So no Certificate of Occupancy, but a lot of progress has happened nonetheless.

Driveway is finished and digging starts for landscape.

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 Master bedroom doors.

 Finally getting around to installing the last two interior doors.

Office doors.

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 First time parking in the garage!

 The garage doors from behind.

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 Buying plants and setting up garden sprinklers.

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I installed some of the subway tile backsplash around the pot filler pipe so my plumber could attach the faucet.

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 Painting the patio wall

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Grass sod arrived.

* the blue pool net that the pool inspector didn't see?? *

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 Saying goodbye to the port-o-potty, the one constant since July.

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Still painting the patio wall.

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Frameless glass shower door installed. The shower tiles are from Home Depot and are Daltile Marissa Cararra 10 x 14 ceramic tiles.

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Let there be light!!!!

Moravian star light hanging from turret ceiling.

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Certificate of Occupancy Inspection

I'm going to schedule the FINAL inspections for Monday! Then I can start scheduling the electric, gas, and phone service and get the pool inspection completed so we can plaster and fill it up with water.

The paver driveway is coming along nicely. I wasn't sure how to connect the two driveways, so I did a trial and error with the car and we figured it out. The front will be completed next week and then they start on the patio in the back yard.

Garden sprinklers and landscape will start next week too.

 sand under the pavers first

 Small front patio. The edging is the Mohave blend.

 2 air compressors installed, one on the North side and one on the South side.

 Sand will get packed between pavers

 Added hardware to garage doors that make them look even more like carriage doors.

 The driveway that connects the two garages.

 Finally figured out the complicated plumbing for the Chicago faucets on the Kohler Brockway sink and it is up and hooked to water and drain. The recommended Kohler Cannock faucets that go with this sink were a brushed finish that I wasn't crazy about. They might have been an easier install tho??? I purchased the sink and faucets from Build.com. Very happy with them. Did I write this already? I can't remember! Anyway, the sink arrived with a chip on the top edge. they sent out a replacement immediately, no questions asked or photos required. Love that!