Tag: retired
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Back From The Dead
I’m back from the dead. Construction on the ADU project completed in July. Two and a half years from beginning to “end”. We learned a lot. We learned that contractors have to be babysat. At least the one we had did. He never wrote anything down, or checked on the work of his employees, or…
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Still Going
I am over this construction project. An honest, hard-working, high-quality general contractor must be worth his or her weight in gold. Ours is an idiot. Quality assurance is non-existent. He doesn’t check the quality of the work his sub-contractors complete. The dummy took a plug out of a cleanout in order to plug another for…
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The Waiting Game
The garage conversion is still sitting with no work done. We think the contractor is stalling because he doesn’t get his last payment until the final inspection. In order to get a final inspection, the upgrading of the water meter needs to be finished and signed-off. He could be working in the meantime, but I…
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It’s Been A Minute
I have been seriously slacking in keeping this blog updated with the construction progress. It has been slow-going so I guess I haven’t felt motivated to write anything. Terrible excuse. There is a discrepancy with the permit for the garage conversion. It was originally flagged as “commercial” because of the laundry room. Work cannot continue…
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Framing Continued…
The trusses have been constructed. The GC walked the job and informed me the attic would not be tall enough to accommodate the central HVAC systems. Mini-splits it is. The plans show minis, anyway. I’m OK with it. I am going over there today to show the empty unit. I will take some pics for…
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Framing
Framing has begun and it goes quickly! There’s an actual building in the backyard which is exciting. A tenant has not been found for the empty unit, yet. That is a causing a bit of stress but, at the moment, there is no gas or water service to the unit because we have to wait…
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Concrete Poured
The concrete has been poured! I did not get a chance to visit the site to get pictures of the rebar job. It is fun and educational to watch something being built from the ground up. I used to work for my Dad around twenty-four years ago. I did not have the interest in the…
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Time For Rebar
It sure is going to be tight back there. The additional room for the garage conversion is pretty tiny but it will work, nonetheless. I don’t know what the task is called to bury all of the plumbing, but that has been finished. It looks really nice. The next step is to construct the rebar…
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Underground Complete
My Dad finished plumbing the underground and it passed inspection. It looks great! I think he’s enjoying himself. He’s very proud of how he can cleverly plumb. I just got the invoice from the MEP engineer for the change to the laundry room. Because it’s now going to be a rentable room, the engineering had…
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First Inspection
We passed the first inspection! The passing of the first inspection is huge for me. It has been a long time in the making to get a shovel in the dirt. Underground plumbing in the garage conversion was the subject of this inspection and what my Dad and I were working on last weekend. He…
Winning the Rat Race 