Oh yes! That is what you think it is! For those that don’t know – C.O. stands for Certificate of Occupancy. What does that mean? We can officially live in our house!
Monday, September 20 –Did a little chinking in the morning and started laying tile in the afternoon. We tiled until 2:00 a.m. We couldn’t have done it without Justin. He tiled the bathroom upstairs and the laundry while Leonard put slate down in the entry and I tiled the Master bath. Did I mention we were there until 2:00 A.M!!! We were ready for bed.
Tuesday – More chinking on the window wall trying to get it ready for the wood floor to be put in. We wanted to finish the chinking inside before the flooring was brought in. We didn’t quite finish and had to finish on Wednesday – it was okay because the floor wasn’t in yet either.
Wednesday – cabinet install. I LOVE my kitchen cabinets they turned out awesome. The sink is my favorite part – sorry, pictures to follow soon! They didn’t bring enough laminate for the countertop and they brought the wrong color for the bathrooms. That meant another day of waiting for those to be put in. That night we (I mean Justin) grouted the tile floors that we had put in while I tiled the master shower and Leonard finished chinking the window wall. It was another night until 2:00 a.m.
Thursday – Wood floor install – at least they started to install it. There were four guys there and they didn’t move very fast. They worked from about 11:00 am until about 5:00 and all they had done was the 4 stairs leading to the log stairs that go up to the loft and the edge along the stairs that go down to the basement. We were a little disappointed. Plumber came and installed the water heater. We cleaned that night to get ready for the rest of the floor to go in.
Friday— Plumber came back and installed all the plumbing – which included my awesome tub! I drove around and tried to get some signatures from the fire district, highway district, and Panhandle Health district saying that they approve our site. I got the one from Panhandle but the other two didn’t work out. Then I headed to the airport to fly to Boise for a much needed relaxing 24 hours with Michelle. We got a massage, facial, pedicure, and manicure – all were very much needed by me!! We also went on a 5K walk for the St. Luke’s Women’s day Celebration – this was the actual reason I went :) It felt so good to just pamper myself!! Thanks again, Michelle!
Saturday – went on the 5K walk and then met my Mom and Dad at Applebee’s to pick up Miranda. It was really good to see her again. She seemed more grown up and her vocabulary had expanded. They say that a 2 year old can learn 5 new words every day. Mandy and I flew home about 3:30 and made it back to Coeur d’Alene around 5:30. They had more wood floor installed – everything but the pantry and the 1/2 bath. They also had the carpet pad in place ready to install the carpet.
Sunday—the saga continues – the wood floor guys showed up to finish the wood floor that they didn’t get a chance to finish the day before. The deck was installed and we cleaned to get ready for the carpet which was coming first thing Monday morning. How many times can you clean one house?!!!
Monday, September 27 – Carpet install. Worked on finishing the electrical stuff because the electrical inspector and plumbing inspector are scheduled for the next day. We had to reinstall all the outlets because we didn’t install tamper resistant ones – and they are needed to meet code. Frustrating.
Tuesday – Passed plumbing inspection! Sheet rocked the garage. County inspector comes and passes the sheet rock and gives us a punch list of what must be done before we pass final inspection. Electrical inspector comes and gives us a list of what must be done to pass final inspection. We ask them both to come back on Thursday.
Wednesday – work on lists from inspectors – painted rim joist, finished electrical stuff (changing plug, putting covers on outside outlets, finished electrical panel, stapled wires up, put lights in the mechanical room, garage, and outside the daylight basement.), put toe kicks on deck stairs, added handrails to stair sets, ladder in the window wells, address on the house, installed microwave.
Thursday – passed electrical and final county inspection. Took paperwork to the county and got our Certificate of Occupancy!!!!
Friday – no rest for the weary – started prepping the house for exterior stain and chinking.
Saturday (Today) – stain
I am tired just typing it all. So glad that we are almost finished. If you made it this far, you deserve a picture! Here is what the house looked like on the day we got our Certificate of Occupancy!
I think the next post will only have pictures! No more typing!!
1 comment:
Wahoo! I think you guys have won an award of some sort. Like, "Building a cabin the fastest." :)
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