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...

HVAC rough-in...

Plumbing top-out completed...

Jose the painter--looks pretty excited!!

Roof going on--Yeah!!!!

Media closet with low-voltage wiring.

Back Porch stained...

Mama-Jama 300 Amp Service panel!!!

Framers back/Mechanicals start 8/26/2010 thru 9/1/2010

Thursday (8/26/2010) framers show back up to finish up some work while the HVAC contractor, Airtron, get started roughing in their systems as well.  Framers finished up most of the major items needed to be in place for the HVAC to be implemented.  HVAC crew continued their rough-in Friday (8/27/2010);  Dale had a meeting with Mike, Janis, & James with Powerhouse Electric to go over lighting systems; Dale had a busy morning with the meeting and then John, with Christianson Plumbing showed up to start laying out for their top-out crew set-up for Monday 8/30/2010--many questions to be answered.  I visited with Mike & Janis on Saturday just to make sure I was on the same page as everyone else; Cornice crew showed back up and finished up most of their work on Saturday as well--we ran one rafter short at the front porch and need more cypress for the front porch as well.  Painters started to prepare the exterior for painting Saturday.  Larry & Lester starting implementation of the septic system--lots going on Saturday!  Monday came and the top-out crew from Christianson began their top-out--they continued thru Wednesday 9/1/2010 and finished up.  All plumbing lines and stub-outs were neatly anchored--nice job Christianson!  I walked the house with Kyle Bacon, with Airtron to discuss a couple of slight modifications to get air into the Eating Nest and adding one more register in the sitting area; Their rough-in crew did a very nice installation with tight spots to run duct work--this was not an easy job.  Looks good guys!!