Garage: Day Three and Plumbing: Day One

No more worries about the garage falling down since the lally column was put in today. As Mike the Contractor was making it plumb, he kept staring at it and the back wall. Finally, he came over to us and said, "Look at the column and then look at the wall."

Oh my goodness, that wall is leaning to the right. I would rather it leaned to the left.

I don't think that this is the approved use of a wheelbarrow but it was handy when Mike the Contractor needed to check the level of the beam.



The forms were laid for the garage floor and the driveway to the back edge of the house. Then the gravel bed was laid with wire mesh on top. Tomorrow the garage floor will be poured. Finally, something will be almost finished. John the Carpenter still needs to replace the rotted sills and sister the wall studs so they actually support the wall.

We had our first inspection today. Mike the Contractor arrived at our house a bit upset since he could not reach the inspector who was scheduled to sign off on the driveway in order to pour concrete tomorrow. After going to city hall, he told us that an inspector would be here at 11:00AM. Sure enough a man in a tie appeared in our back yard. As we were walking toward him, I heard Gary telling him that it is the exact same footprint as the old drive. Apparently, the inspector thought that we were enlarging it to be more like a patio. So we reassure the man from the building department that this is the same size as the asphalt one.

Sign of relief as he signs off on it. We are good to go tomorrow for the pour.

Meanwhile in the house, two plumbers made great progress on running all new supply lines and drains in the kitchen, the half bath, and the second floor bath. What a noisy, smelly job.

So between the noise of the compactor outside and the noise of cutting pipe inside the cats hid under a bed for most of the day. But now they are both sound asleep curled up next to me. Home renovation is tiring.