The first thing today is to call the local Code Enforcement office and bump our final inspection another week to Wednesday Feb 17, so we have time to figure out how to center the vanity and then finish up all the final details. We have a long weekend coming up to really drive the project to the end.
Next, we call the plumbers to come back and center the vanity. it turns out that the rough plumbing is correct, but when they installed the vanity, they angled the P-trap a little (about an inch, actually). So, they agree to come back and "take a look at it."
Our electrician stopped by to pick up his final payment. So, I point out to him that the wall sconces are not quite level. The good news is that there is a little play in the mounting hardware, and he is able to move one of the sconces up a little and the other down a little, so they are now level. Sweet!
Tuesday, February 9
Not too much happening today because we are planning to do the rest of the work over the long weekend.
The plumbers show up, and they are able to center the vanity in about an hour. Hopefully, there's no charge for this visit since it didn't take very long and was part of the whole "install the fixtures" part of their original quote. Either way, the vanity is centered perfectly. That could have been a lot worse.
Wednesday, February 10
Whoa that's a lot of snow! There's a blizzard warning today, and that makes for a slow start. It just feels like a "snow day"--the day off kind of snow day.
Well, apparently it's not a day off for the inspectors. At 8:30 a.m. the door bell rings, and here are the plumbing and electric inspectors. I guess somebody over at the code enforcement office didn't pass on my request to delay inspections. Anyway, they're here; so let's get to the 'spectin'. Woot! Pass and pass.
An hour later the building inspector shows up. We don't have the base boards or radiator trim in yet, so we're a little nervous... Pass!
An hour later the fire inspector is here--the one who lobbied pretty hard for us to wire the whole house with wired-in smoke detectors. He is satisfied with the new wired-in heat detector in the garage. He makes sure that the rest of the house has battery-powered smoke detectors; and thank god they all have working batteries in them! Pass!!!
Woot! We completely passed our final inspections (with a little luck)! 'Nailed it!
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