Look, Look. The posts have been painted the bronze brown to match the french doors. Looks good right?
You need to look closely at what they did. The painted over the ZIP tape that was overhanging from the roof. I told them they had to pull the tape off and repaint the facia. They did not like that at all and actually left the job site but did come back and pulled the tape off and began repainting the facia.
This is Shawn who came to install the solar tubes from Solartex. One thing that all these dark rainy days have shown me is there is not much light getting into the bathrooms. The Second or Guest Bath would require a light each time it is used since there wasn't any windows in that inside room. The Master Bath has a window on the East side of the house plus a small window in the closet, but it still seemed very dark. So both bathrooms received solar tubes.
A hole had to be cut in the roof and flashed for the metal roof. Shawn, who gets on the roof all the time with installing the tubes was the first worker I have seen who actually used a safety line.
This is Jessie, electrician working on the many electrical connections in the Mechanical Room in the Garage. Remember, all those white tubes are for the Energy Recovery Ventilation System. Jessie is wiring the inside fuse panel. (Which he put in backwards, but I don't think it really matters whether the panel opens in the Mechanical Room or in the Garage.
This is the wiring going outside the Garage to the outside breaker panel.
Jessie with the backwards panel plus the Mechanical Room also holds the Central Vacuum System and the Rainwater Treatment System
This is the hole through the roof and the drywall opening for the bottom of the solar tube in the Guest Bath. It is kind of hard to tell but the two openings are about 8 ft apart and had to wind around other obstacles.
This is the tube install in the Master Bath. We had to move the location of the fan since sometimes the moving fan blades can cause a strobe effect when it is on. The two openings are about 10 ft apart for this tube.
Just an example of the complicated wiring that the hall going to the Master Bedroom had. Multiple three way switches so the owners could turn on/off lights and fans as they enter/leave the Master Bedroom. The hall also has motion detectors that automatically go on when it is dark and there is movement in the hall and off after a set time.
These sets of switches are by the owners bed and control lights, fans and outside security flood lights. Just above this location will be a Mini-split heat pump which will point down the hall and is the only forced-air air conditioning and heating in the house.
RED WHITE AND BLUE...VERY PATRIOTIC!! Hanging lights over the peninsula in the Kitchen. Blue: cold water, Red: hot water, Large White: ERV Tubes and Small White: OOPS, I don't know what the white tube is for...maybe gas?
Several track lighting strips will highlight the stone hearth wall and other walls. All the lights will swivel to showcase different design aspects or art.
I THINK the painters are done. The house should really change when the silver metal roof goes on and the white limestone rock is on and the bronze shutters outline the windows.
Inside the solar tubes. Shawn claims the interior is so reflective and focuses the sun's rays, that they have to be careful where they lay the material as they construct the tubes.
An issue that didn't seem to have a resolution was getting the wiring through the soffitt to the front posts. I wanted carriage motion lights on both front posts but due to all the beams in this location, they were not able to get the wire through the area. Jessie even used this 2 foot bit but seemed worried about just drilling without seeing what damage he was doing. We will have to get the soffit and some of the ceiling removed so the electricians can get the wires through. Even at that, we found out the posts are solid 2x6 material and the wire will have to go down the front then the posts will have to be furred out to cover it.
I got tired of carting garbage home to put in my trash cans and doing so much burning so I finally gave in and ordered a dumpster delivered. Interestingly, Georgetown gave an exclusive contract for dumpsters to another company. This guy, Captain Hook (cute name huh...has to do with the hook that is used to place the dumpster) told me one guy said he would take responsibility for using this company's cheaper dumpsters in Georgetown. The other company hauled off the two dumpsters and charged Captain Hook $150 per dumpster to get them back. I hate monopolies. The customer always seems to get the bad end of the deal. Competition almost always makes for better pricing for us customers.
The hook is placing the dumpster...
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