Gary’s post: Doing a late in the day post today. Not a lot going on as the foundation crew generally finished their work and the plumbers were here today to stake out the plumbing. You can really start to see how the house is going to take shape. I made some changes to our initial plumbing thoughts. We wanted an infinity drain in the shower, but I can’t do that as we’d have to remove some of the foundation and there’s not a good location for an infinity drain. So, I’m going old school and putting a drain in the middle of the shower. Boring but the only solution I had. Couple of other adjustments to the master bathroom also. And we made some changes to the outdoor sink also to keep the drain from freezing using heat tape and some shut offs, trying not to add penetrations to the SIP panels.
I think the adjustment of going from our Renton house, which was spacious to this house will take some time. We’re losing 1000 sq ft of living space, so rooms are smaller because we wanted more rooms. I was hoping living in the trailer for 8 months would adjust our expectations of space, but I’m not sure that will occur. We’ll have to see how this plays out.
I totally space on getting construction insurance through my original broker and now I’m spending a lot of time trying to find construction insurance. Construction insurance is just a bundle of policies that provides liability, theft and disaster during the building process. I’m more worried about liability than anything else. Sometimes they do builders liability that converts to homeowners once the construction is done, which State Farm offers, but I’m not sure I want State Farm Insurance on my home. If I have time tomorrow, I’ll try and get this finalized.
Tomorrow the plumbers were going to dig out the plumbing, but there’s supposed to be a weather change for the worse/better. Rain moving in which is supposed to change to snow this weekend. We’ll see how that happens. We need to moisture and the rain to keep the dust down and finally get the pasture to grow.
I’m excited to start working part-time. This trailer life is getting a bit stressful. I spend all day in the trailer without people or socialization except the dogs. My voice is starting to get worse, so I need to get out. Hoping more time will get me out of here.
Well, time to go. More later.
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