Tuesday - Busy Day!

Another super busy day at the house.  The stone was started at the front, plumbing and electrical continued and there was more home network installation.







 

Stone starts

Thom started on the back stone today - I love it!  He does such great work.  I also received the water meter today, so we should have water in a week's time.







 

Basement Framing, Plumbing

My friend Hersh was back today to frame the basement.  I missed his smiley face in the morning.  He must have known I'd have the temporary heat running.  Plumbing on the first floor ceiling continued.  We're using a "super" PEX that has a wider diameter tube, but most importantly plastic fittings.  Some of the PEX systems installed in the last decade or so are showing rust where the crimp fittings were touching the tube... some were even failing.

 

 

 

HVAC Upstairs nears completion

More HVAC and plumbing today.  Getting close to finishing upstairs.





 

Plumbing Rough In

Now that the HVAC upstairs is either completed or not going to interfere, Phil from Carefree plumbing can do his work.  This house, like most houses being built now, has an upstairs and downstairs mechnical room - therefore, there is no ductwork in the joists between the first and second floor.  This also means that the plumber can work WHILE the HVAC guys are in the house, which is an added speed bonus for me.

Ready for the plumber

I've gone through and marked the toilet, shower and vanity areas for the plumber.  I'm trying to make it CRYSTAL clear so that we have everything where we want it.  Is this clear enough? :-)

Busy day at the office

Very busy day today - which is always a good thing.  As Hersh and his crew finish the roof sheeting and start on the smaller roof areas (3 in the front, 1 in the back), Juvenile is around doing some of the to-dos on the inside of the house.  

Virgilio has arrived with his crew, and Hersh has been nice enough to use the zoom boom machine to lift all of the shingles and ice shield up - saves a ton of time.  

To top it off, the plumber was here today specing out the drain lines, the flooring guy was here to measure and show samples to Cheryl, and Tony from Stairtech was here to suss out the stair situation.  

Breathe....

Perks of hiring Italian plumbers

We received 2 bottles of vintage "carefree plumbing" vino. The perks of hiring Italian plumbers!