Thursday, March 12, 2009

Final inspection passed!

Construction cleaning complete today, the house is now a house, not a jobsite.

That said, the kitchen guys need to finish up tomorrow, something neither I nor our foreman trust they'll do well or with enthusiasm, so one or both of us will be there tomorrow to watch over them.

And for some reason, none of our heat works. Forced-air furnace upstairs doesn't work, and the underfloor hydronic radiant downstairs -- no workie. All four bathrooms have underfloor electric radiant heat, and those all work.

One basic thing that plagues our house is its location on the lot. The rest of the neighborhood got built up around it, including our neighbor's 2-story house to the south, blocking most of our southern exposure. One goal was to extend the family room beyond the neighbor's house and get more natural light into the main living area. While there will always be some obstruction, and that's expected in the suburbs, the family room area's natural light is vastly improved now.

Those dormer windows are for me to gaze out of from my command post in the kitchen.

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