Latest Happenings

Well, things have been kind of slow around these here parts. I'd love to report that my building is finished and I moved in ... but that isn't the case. Things are slowly progressing and most of the trim work is now complete. I ran into a minor water setback today. The toilet was bubbling whenever the sink faucet was turned on. We flushed it several times to see what was going on and the water came up through the floor drains. I called the plumber and he came out and tried to snake it out but there was blockage. To make a long story short, he started investigating outside and discovered that the septic guy just glued the extension onto a capped pipe (so there was no water flow through the drain lines). The result was that water flowed up into the vent lines and when there was enough pressure up through the floor drains. Thankfully this was discovered before the wood floors were installed. We should have the situation in hand now and normal floor installation can start later this week or early next week.

As soon as the floors are in the kitchen cabinets will be installed and I will have a completed apartment. There will still be some work to do around the place but I should be able to start really thinking about moving over by the middle of March. As it gets closer the excitement level is increasing. My only concern is getting everything over there without breaking and damaging everything in the process. I plan to move some stuff but the bulk of it will require a moving company. That will be weird in that the 2 houses are approximately 800 feet apart as the crow flies. By road it is more like a 1/2 mile by the time you drive out my driveway and around the block to the other house.

If all of my readers want to volunteer we can all (both of you) meet at my place and I can bark orders as you load and unload my stuff (you have to find me a moving truck though).