Three words of advice: inspect, inspect, inspect! After the plumber finished installing the drains and the underground copper last week, I walked the lot to make sure all the necessary lines were in place. I saw that there was no water line to the icemaker in the kitchen. I called him on Monday (yesterday) morning. They had just had the parish inspection. He thanked me for noticing that because they had completely forgotten about the icemaker. They installed that line, along with the utility room floor drain, that day.
With all the plumbing done, it's the slab crew's turn to come back and dig the footings (chain walls) down to the pilings.
Today, it's Mardi Gras here in southern Louisiana. Those festivities stopped being attractive to me long ago. But I was told that all the slab guys would have the day off. So I asked the slab guy to CALL ME when they would be out there again. He said he would. I went out this afternoon to do a little cleanup and organizing of wood stakes, etc. Lo and behold, the crew was there digging out the trenches with shovels! Hey, at least they're ahead of schedule. But I wish they'd let me know when they're going to be there.
If they dig these trenches and then it rains, the trenches will get filled in and they'll need to clear them again. But hopefully we won't have much rain, and they can finish them quickly. Then, I'll need to schedule the termite treatment of the soil and the installation of the poly layer & post tension cables (hopefully one right after the other).
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