I went to the house today and they have enough plywood on the trusses that the inside of the house is actually shady.  There are still enough big holes that are not yet covered and enough holes in the OSB sheathing that I would still prefer to sleep in a tent over sleeping in the house.  But it is actually starting to look like a real house now.  Okay, maybe not a house yet, but at least a barn.

On Friday, Tina and I went to the house to meet with the Electrician to discuss how we actually want the house wired.  I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the way the house is actually wired does not need to match the blueprints as long as the wiring meets code.  It also appears we got real lucky building now rather than next year.  The Electrician mentioned that the code for our area follows a standard written in 2011 that requires circuit breakers costing about $5 each.  The 2014  version of the code, required by the area where our rental house is, requires circuit breakers costing $105 each!

The Electrician took careful notes of our meeting (all over the floor).  He told us the $ symbol means “switch”, but I am not that dumb.  He is a small businessman too.  So I am sure it means bleed this idiot’s bank account dry.

The Electrician also convinced me to add some LED lights under the top cabinets.  That is something that Tina wanted originally but I had convinced her to forego them due to the additional false bottom required in the cabinets.  (I was thinking of the under cabinet lights from 15 years ago when I made the cabinets for our Minnesota house.)  The new lights look pretty neat and I do not think it will change the design of my cabinets much, if any.

The plan for the coming week is to have the framing totally complete by mid week.  Then the Electrician and the HVAC guys will start their thing.  The following week will be the plumbers.