Cowell Project: Mecahicals continue, painters finish exterior, septic installed, roof going on after historic tropical depression, "Hermine" dumps 12" of rain over three days

WOW!! When it rains in Texas, it pours!! What a swampy mess the historic event of tropical depression, "Hermine" brought upon us. So we have been scrambling trying to mop up the mess and go forward again. Right after getting all our trenches dug for all our undergrounds all hell broke loose 9/7/2010--almost 12" of rain through to Thursday 9/9/2010. Sure wish the roof would have been on and the house completely dried in!! What a mess! Dale and AJ squeegeed the house of most of the water, but all the floor protection got soaked!! It will take a while to dry, but it will. The painters had almost finished painting the exterior when it began pouring--the paint was dry, and they pulled off for a couple of days. Plumbers had come in on August 30th to start their top-out which continued for the next several days. Dale had a meeting with Mike, Janis, and James from Powerhouse to discuss the Lutron Radio Ra2 system and other electrical issues forth coming on Wednesday 9/1/2010. The electricians started boxing out on Thursday and running a few wires--they worked all weekend and Labor Day!! That's some dedication--or they just needed to work to get paid--probably the latter...nonetheless most of the wiring is complete with the exception of a few small moving targets which will shoot down next week (week of September 20th); Tom Vaughn & company from "Austin Audio Tech" came in on Monday the 13th and knocked out almost 80% of all the low-voltage wiring for the house. Half the crew showed back up yesterday and finished most with the exception of that pesky moving target again! They will have to come back and add some wire for a TV in the Laundry/Sewing room...Tom said it would be a few days before they could get back out. In the next few days, Dale and myself will start to perform our anal retentive punch list to tighten things up a bit before we can call for our frame set inspection. The masonry stone is supposed to start delivery today. I haven't seen it yet, but should be coming...roofers are roofing away as I type...