last week's update

Here are a few things that were going on last week while Walton tied up the loose ends for the reinspection of the rough electrical, plumbing, and framing:



We bought some sample-sized containers of exterior paint to see which one we liked. (What a great invention those are!) Right now, we think we'll end up with something in between the two darker shades on the sample board below as the main color of the house, and a creamy tan color for the trim.
The metal roof was installed over the side entry door and in the accent areas on the front of the house. It is much darker than we anticipated - in fact it looks almost black. (The color we asked for was called "burnished slate" - it had more brown in it. The guy accidentally put up this color, which is called bronze.) He offered to change it, but we are starting to like this color. We're going to leave it. You can see a little overspray that looks like spray paint. The metal comes painted before they install it, but they go back and touch up any scratches after it is installed.


Finally, on Friday, we got the ok from the building inspector to insulate. Whew. I stopped by the house after school and she was next door checking the rebar for the Frank's basement flat concrete. I called Walton and he hurried over to talk to her. Once they looked at/ measured a few things and he pointed out some areas her co-worker had given guidelines for over the phone; she checked us off. It appears that some of the delay we experienced this month was due to a lack of communication and work overload in the county inspections department. I'm glad we caught the inspector at the right time and were able to get things taken care of.