During this final period of construction there were many fixes or changes or mistakes...whatever you want to call them.  I just called them problems that had to be fixed.

Somehow the lights under the cabinets had been removed and they had to be put back.  That meant cutting into the backsplash and header and running new wires.  Luckily, I caught it before the marble tile backsplash was put on but caused delays in the job.  The drywall is patched in this picture and now for the painters and tilemen to come back (my expense) to touch up.

The county health folks didn't like the rainwater collection passing over the septic system (even though we all tried to talk them out of any problems that it might cause)  They required the septic, gey water and rainwater lines to be sleived which meant the rainwater line had a 6 in cover on it that was sealed on both ends with spray fiberglass.  

The country still wouldn't pass the septic system since they didn't know anything about grey water systems, so I had to cut the line and remove the grey water valve and lines.  Then we had to wait for the next inspection.

It was also determined the lines for the mini-split were the wrong ones so the lines had to be pulled from the wall and new ones put in.  This was the fault of the supply company so they sent the correct lines but it took time for the HVAC guys to do the work and I paid for the drywall and paint.

The wall stove in the kitchen turned out to be for natural gas and it wouldn't convert so a new one was ordered.  Luckily, it was installed fairly quickly.  The cost to me was the first one was installed by an independent contractor for about $200 but at least the second one was no additional cost.

Notice how many vehicles are attempting to gain access to the house.  Something had to happen ...RIGHT?  Notice my truck (white Ford) that is behind the older truck.

Yep when the tileman went to leave, he did not back out straight and ran into my truck...one more thing to fix.  Although the damage was more to his truck than mine.  I probably won't even bother fixing it at this time since my deductible is high.

Drywall is fixed, now for the painters.

The county didn't like the rainwater collection system and refused to pass the septic....so to get it done, I removed the rainwater system that passed over the septic. I capped off both ends so at least the rest of the system would still collect water.

HURRAH!!!!  The septic system is approved.

When the plumber attempted to put in the faucets, it was determined the faucets I had purchased a long time ago for a great price would not work (distance to handles too short) so I had to purchase new ones, but at least they match all the other brushed nickel hardware.

The guys came to install the glass (notice the nice fixed wall behind them) and drilling through marble caused a problem which they had warned me about.

Yep, cracked marble...now to get the tileman back to fix this then the glass people will have to come back to install the glass in the window over the tub.

Nothing wrong here...just wanted to show the beautiful front on my LOPI stove the first time I had a fire in it.  It seems to be working great.

The polished concrete folks came back to do the final polishing on the floors.  They placed tape on the baseboards which pulled the paint off when they removed them.  Painters will have to come back for those touchups.  Move on the results of the polishing and the resulting look of the polished concrete later.

The energy recovery system just would not work with at least four changes to boards, controller and more trips by the HVAC folks.  Finally, it was determined the problem was a jumper on one of the boards that should not have been there.  It is now working with just a cost of time but no extra money from me.