June 7th
While at Home Depot on Thursday picking up a few of the electrical supplies I noticed they had a 10% off promotion if you signed up for a commercial account. I asked if I qualified if I wasn't a contractor but was an owner builder. They talked to the manager and I was approved! So I bought all our electrical boxes, recessed lights, bath tubs, water heater, and a bunch of other things I knew we would be purchasing in the next few weeks. Getting it all home in a minivan was a trick but the Odyssey has a huge amount of space in it with all the back seats out. :)
Dave Key came out at 7:30 in the morning today to help me install electrical boxes and drill the holes in the studs for the wire. We were able to install all the first floor electrical boxes and drill 80% of the holes for the wire in the first floor. The auger bit we used to drill through the studs was amazing. It had a tip that looked like the tip of a screw and it would pull the bit through the wood. Amazing how the right tools for the job can make the work so much faster! It was such a relief to finally get some of the work done and it went faster than I had planned!
Jim Irvine our Designer also came by today to see how the build was going and noticed that one of steel brackets that holds the 6x6 post which supports one side of our main roof beam was not the correct bracket. It was supposed to have lots of smaller holes for hex head screws but this one has 4 large holes for large bolts. These bolts would make it impossible to drywall over the top of them inside or to install the siding on the outside, without some sort of “architectural detail” that would protrude out from the wall. The problem is that the roof is already mostly built. So Michael Mark and I will be meeting Monday afternoon to discuss this “development”.
Beautiful sunrise this morning!
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