After months of fighting the winds that blow off the roof felt, next Monday (08/25) the roofer will start installation and should be done by the end of the week. Just in time because Matt Simmons and his partner Jeff will be finishing the installation of the ducting for the heating and air conditioning systems, and we can't let the insulation on the ducts get wet.
Paul Selby is our plumber, and he should be finishing the rough-in this week. Also, Paul's Electric will be starting Monday. They should take a week and a 1/2 to do the electrical rough-in. Eileen and I did a walk-through with Paul locating the light, outlet, tv, data and telephone locations. Hope it doesn't change to much from that.
We also did a walk-through with Jim from Olympic Mountain Millwork for the cabinets. We wanted to make sure the plumbing locations were correct, and get some advice on the master bath layout. We will be shrinking the size of the bathroom entrance to 36" to put in a full sized vanity, and extending a short wall to accommodate a 15" linen cabinet.
Finally, to keep things going, I've hired a part time carpenter, Keith Potter. Keith was working part time with Josh Simpson when we were putting up the panels and framing. He has been working with the plumber setting up chases for the drains and water lines. Also he has installed attic accesses (3 of them), installing roof jacks, and misc. framing.
We have had one set back. Gary was monitoring the plumber's work and noticed that the kitchen window looked to be to low. He was right. Right now, the sill of the window is an inch to low and would be covered by the kitchen counter top. So we get to order a new window that is 6" shorter than the existing one. Life goes, just costs a bit more.
The top picture is Matt Simmons. Seems like the Simmons family loves construction. Matt's dad spends all his time working with Gary rebuilding the cabin, and I buying all the millwork material from his uncle. The next picture is Jeff, Matt's partner. Finally the third is Paul the Plumber. A former So Cal surfer, that hasn't lost his accent.
