A piece of bad news to lead off with: after delays with inspections, some extra work from surprises in the walls, and scheduling problems over the holidays, our contractors our now saying they expect to be finished in early February.
The work so far is looking great, though. Electrical and plumbing roughin inspections are both signed off, and we’ll be closing up the walls next week.
For several days after the electricians started, there were tangles of armored cable everywhere, like Doctor Octopus had just lost a fight.
Our first two new float tanks arrived in the rain right before Christmas.
Float tanks waiting in our garage, til we have a place to assemble them.A look inside the crate. This is an Escape Pod, disassembled.Heating duct next to a shower rough-in.A pile of copper fittings, and our shower pans ready for installation.We have an incredible maze of copper within our walls now. For some reason, commercial construction requires copper — if this was residential, we’d have used PVC and PEX and been done several days earlier.