The electrical inspector came back on Wednesday or Thursday, and he was a jerk about some stuff. I wasn't there, but my electrician was (he was working on the outside trim at the time). The inspector was an older gentleman who complained about everything from having to step up too high to get into the house to several electrical issues. These included the need for deeper gang boxes wherever there were three wires going into a single gang switch box, an additional outlet under my bay window by the patio, and some additional stuff he wanted to see done in the breaker box.
I had read somewhere that code requires an electrical outlet for every 12 feet of wall. However, who knew that they'd be butt-heads about it even when the 12 feet consists of a bay window that stretches from floor to ceiling. When my electrician told him there wasn't room for one under the window, the inspector told him I'd just have to cut a notch in my floor trim to make room for it. Yeah, that's attractive...
The trim work has progressed to the front of the house. One gable is now done (see photo below). The other gable looks to be the only thing left on the house. My friend is moving slower than he predicted because the guy he assumed would help him has dumped him for another job at the moment. The garage is next to be trimmed. I had to return the Durock sheets I bought from Home Depot in order to get the Hardie Backer (from Lowe's) that he really needs.
I also returned the two 8-inch round columns I had bought. The tops would have extended out in front and behind of the header around my patio. I didn't think that would look good. So I special ordered two 6-inch square ones on Monday. These are made of fiberlgass like the round ones were.
I got my quotes for interior doors this week. The first one was from the door & window place. He came out to measure first. The total is around $3,200. Next, I took his list to Home Depot and Lowe's to get comparisons. It's hard to compare every door as apples-to-apples because two of them are different (a fire door and the double doors leading to the office). But overall, it looks like my window & door guy is cheaper. He's also told me that prices are going up on the 24th of this month.
I also ordered my exterior door locks. I got all Schlage locks from handlesets.com. They can be ordered so that they all use the same key. That's going to be very nice. Just like everything else, ordering these things means wading through a sea of options and decisions: single or double cylinder locks? What handle type? Which finish?
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