After some talking it was determined that we needed to get final inspections of the plumbing and electric; if those passed we could get a building inspection and that would be it for the building. One problem: The contractors had pulled the permits, so they had to call for the inspections. That was fine for the plumbing; Paul called Midwest and asked them to call for the inspection. The secretary called back a moment later to tell him that it would be between ten and noon tomorrow. The electric was a bit more problematic because we didn't have Jeff come back to do the final electric. Paul had Al call, and shortly later Al called back to say that inspection would also be between ten and noon.
So Paul has to patch all the holes in the garage wall and by the whirlpool, and he's home tomorrow to meet the inspectors. We hope they won't have a fit over all the stuff in the house. We really hope they pass so we don't have to have any more work done.
Still, we can't get our occupancy permit until the final grade is certified. Paul called the grader. They were very apologetic that they hadn't gotten out to finish yet. It's not drying out around here; it's rained every third day for the last two weeks. We hope they get out here this week.
We still don't have the fireplace going; Paul finally reached Dale this morning but couldn't get a date/time for installation confirmed. If they don't show up tomorrow Paul will have to call and find out when they're coming. In the meantime the switch boxes will have to be covered. It would be nice to get that done once. We'd like to see it in operation.
In other news, Paul put up the fence over the retaining wall this weekend. It's 90% done and looks great so far; there will be a picture when it's complete. Here are pictures of the window well and the landing Paul built a couple weeks ago.
More news tomorrow.....
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