We can call it a BATHroom again!!!!

Monday, Dec 14
Jake blocked in the supports for the electrical boxes in the morning (and then tore them out and did it correctly in the afternoon). Our electrician is well under way finishing the rough-in work.

Tuesday Dec 15
Today Jake is framing the tub alcove wall. (notice in image, there is a wall there now) Our bathroom is so tight that fitting that 32" tub in there requires nit-picking over fractions of an inch. He figured out the best dimensions for the alcove wall, envisioning the detail trim that will fit at the front of the tub at the end. We don't want the finishing trim details to look crappy after all this work. It's amazing how many of these first steps have big ramifications later if we screw them up.

Those carpenters are busy guys. They fit us in by the end of the day and fixed up the remaining subfloor issues. They temporarily screwed the alcove wall to the existing wall. Now, the plumbers can finish up the waste lines and vents tomorrow.

Wednesday Dec 16
The plumbers are here bright and early. There's a lot of work to do putting drains through all those sistered joints. I'm glad that somebody else is doing it. The tub is in place (Horray!!!), and that temporarily screwed-in wall needed to move a little. I'm glad we left nailing it in until later.



The electrical inspector must be psychic. He is here before we even called him. Rough electric inspection passed! Yay! Woot!!

The fire inspector is here bright and early, too. He must be psychic, also, because we didn't know we had to involve him. Fortunately, under "rehab" building codes we don't have to install wired smoke detectors in every room in our house--our battery ones are OK, though he gave me a pretty strong look when he seriously recommended doing so. We would consider it, except the electrician gave a pretty strong look when he said "That is going to cost you."

What's this: mail from the code enforcement office. How sweet that they would send us a holiday card. It's yellow and looks like another permit card for electrical modifications. Should I be worried?

Plumbing drains are almost all the way roughed-in. We can start drilling holes in those 6" thick joists and running copper supply tubes ourselves. Jake likes working outside when you can no longer refer to H2O as "water."

Could we possibly dare to hope we can rough in copper plumbing for inspections Friday? Only time will tell.