post 11: day 8

I write software. Why didn't I start with day 0?! This is going to bother me!

Anyway, here we are at day 7/8, depending on how you count. Garrett and I have just returned to the basement bunker with a load of homework from Dmitry and Alex. Fun homework! 

Some progress was made at the house today, mostly by Val the electrician, but I won't bore you anymore with pictures of hanging wire. Someone came in and started installing the downstairs bath floor underlayment. 

I had to use flash because there aren't any actual lights and the days are getting shorter. Sad face. 

Mostly, we walked the house with Dmitry and Alex and discussed products that are now critical path: 

Tile. We need the tile at the house by 9/5. That's in less than a week! So we basically need to find a product that's in stock NOW. The product we picked for the bathroom wall are 4-6 weeks out and the product we picked for the kitchen backsplash is 5-7 weeks out. (Sorry, Wendy, that was clayhaus tile.) 

We also need to pick out a vanity for the upstairs bathroom that isn't on back order for 5 weeks. We might have our cabinet maker, Vlad, make a custom one. 

We also need to pick out our kitchen countertop tomorrow! We know we are going with quartz, we just need to pick a color. 

Here are some action shots of decisions being made! 

As we are having Dmitry and Alex re-build the bannister, it involves this stuff along the stair. It's kind of a mess right now and Garrett really wanted it cleaned up. This is them discussing how that might look. I don't know what they decided. I spaced out and started wandering around but I did take a picture! 

Here is a picture of Dmitry demonstrating that if we pick a 24" wide vanity in the upstairs bathroom, that it'll butt up right against the shower glass and that'll be impossible to clean.

Here is Dmitry working out with Garrett how the cork floor of the master bedroom will transition to the tiled bathroom floor. We have a sliding barn door between the two. Once again, they made some decision, I spaced out but took a photo! Where's Alex? He's out of frame, taking notes!

Plumbing inspection is tomorrow! 

Electrical inspection is Wednesday, with a possible plumbing re-inspection that day, depending on how tomorrow goes. I can't see how Arnold, the world's hardest working plumber, could possibly have made a mistake but I suppose no one's perfect and it's nice to account for that. 

They expect to be dry-walling Thursday - Saturday. Yes, of THIS week! These guys are cruising!