Inside the house

This is the view of the guest bedroom from the
hallway. There is an entrance to the bathroom from the bedroom and the hall. It has a cathedral ceiling.


The picture with the wire on the floor is Tara's bedroom. It also has a cathedral ceiling.


Jim's office is off of the bonus room.

This is the bonus room.
Last week Nick (Jim's sister's husband who is an electrician in Ohio) and Jim did the rough-in
for the electric. A neighbor, who is a retired electrical engineer, stopped by and asked if there
was anything he could do to help. Needless to say, Jim took him up on his offer. His name is Jack and he was a great help. So far we have met five of the neighbors on our street. They all
seem to be very nice. Not one of them is from South Carolina. Most of them are from the north and they all say we are going to love it here.

We had an inspection on Thursday. The electric wasn't completely done but they were able to inspect the plumbing, hvac, and framing. As was expected, there are a few things that need to be corrected. We are also waiting for one of the windows. Somehow it was canceled from the original order. From the inspection we were told that the window over the whirlpool tub has to be tempered so that glass has to be replaced. We believe the window company rep should have known that window needed to be tempered for code. That's his job. Still waiting to hear from them on that. The windows weren't squared when they were installed so when you close them they don't meet and can't be locked. That has to be corrected. Because the roof leaks in some spots water got in the some of the duct work. It needs to be cleared. Some of the plumbing has to be repositioned to allow for overhead lighting. The electrical work did not get completed so Nick has to come back. We are hoping he can come back this weekend and also that the needed corrections can be made so an inspection can be ordered for a week from Monday. Oh yes, the plumber did something to one of the I beams so Jim has to contact the manufacturer of the I beam and have someone come out and inspect the beam to make sure its structural integrity hasn't been compromised and whether it needs to be repaired. You would think that the plumber would know that you can't mess with a support beam.

I was getting so stressed about the water leaking into the house. Every time it rained I would have to use the shop vac to clean up the water. I also didn't like water getting soaked up by the wood in the house. Well, I finally convinced Jim to let me climb out on the roof to put more roofing felt paper over the areas that were exposed. My niece, Cassie, helped me. I want it to rain now just to see if what we did will take care of the problem!

Sometimes I am afraid of this project. It is so weird spending such large amounts of money at one time. It really plays on your mind. These past two weeks I have had a hard time sleeping.
I can't wait until this over.