It's been two weeks since I last wrote...what has been accomplished you ask? Well... Dave the finish carpenter came one day and did part of the kitchen molding install and then left.... saying he needed me to have the sliding door stained before he could do more. Huh? But off he went and didn't come back until this past Monday. And no one else came and worked either.... had to have a little "come to Jesus" moment with Irv, my general contractor, and said I needed better communication and planning to get this project done. He needs to step up and get his folks in here. The same old excuses but this past week it's been very busy...
I prepped, sanded, and stained the door over the weekend...and stained all the new cedar for the porch wrap thinking otherwise Dave would use that as an excuse to not do that work too. And just to be doubly ready for him I took my trusty pick ax and broke up the dirt to get the area around the front step cleared for him and at grade.... He returned on Monday and spent the day finishing things in the kitchen....walking around the door he claimed he had needed. Then on Tuesday he worked on the porch...and Wednesday on the step....(sigh) He has now actually hung the door he "needed" and most of the trim is complete...he still has the front closet to do but I may just do it out of frustration when finishing up the area's I have to do. Arrrrghhh.....
The electricians arrived and worked all day Thursday, only small mishaps of wiring which fortunately I caught as they were walking out the door so they fixed and everything seems to be working now. One of the guys had wired the switch to my cabinet overhead light so you had to have the switch to the sconces on or it wouldn't work. Took us a while to figure out why it was malfunctioning but all working now...I had made a quick run into Menard's (Our local home store in Menomonee Falls) that morning to get the last of my track lighting so everything is up, light bulbs in place, and illumination has occurred....I discovered this afternoon they forgot to put the outlet in for the water heater so I guess they will be back for that at some point...
Heating and ventilation was here as well hooking up the forced air vents and running the last of the hookup for the floor heat. When they went to re-pressurize the system two valves in the "old" system leaked so had to shut everything down. They just left today ($315.00 on top of the original bid) with everything repaired and operational... as the heating guy was leaving he came up to the kitchen where I was sanding on the front door (having arrived home from work) to tell me he thought my septic tank was overflowing.... sure enough, I ran down and it was seeping around the edge and down the hill. Somehow, really! I feel like I've repaired, replaced, and fixed up every system in the house to some degree during this build. The only thing that hasn't failed in some way (so far) is the well.... but the plumber was here today running copper for the sink so we are just starting into the water system now...
Anyway, back to the septic....I quick got on the phone and called my usual septic folks but hey, it's Friday at 4:30 and they don't do after hours calls (4:30 is after hours?) ....so on to Angies List and looking up other people. Called the next people on the list but they were just leaving for a reunion out of town and couldn't do it. They recommended I call Rural Sanitation in West Bend so looked them up, called, and managed to get someone...and convinced him I REALLY REALLY needed them to come...but they won't do it until tomorrow morning...big deep breaths Sandy...it will all be fine....
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