4.11.2017 - Rough electric inspection!

Jim called the electric inspector this morning before he headed out to the property.  The guy said he could come after lunch.  I had work to do this morning but as I headed up the driveway, the inspector was just getting out of his car.  I'm glad I was there because I got to hear lots of words like...meticulous, I love it, nice, you know what you're doing, I trust you!  Great words from an inspector!  Everything passed with flying colors - the only thing Jim has to do is exchange some of the breakers for arc fault breakers.  When the inspector was out earlier, he told Jim that the code had changed but he didn't have to worry about those breakers for this building; he could do it in the house.  But he obviously forgot he said that and since everything else was good, Jim can switch out the few breakers - they're just more pricey of course.  The other good result was that the inspector said that all he cares about in the metal shop is that there is one light and one receptacle - which we have more than that so it's good.  So now Jim can add additional lights and circuits and won't have to worry about an inspection.  The next electric inspection will be the final one - everything has to be done.

Getting this inspection was such a big block to have checked - because of the complexities of the steel with wiring, in the back of his mind, Jim thought he might have to rework something.  Plus, he was trying to leave insulation open around wires and boxes in case the inspector wanted to see something.  Now he's free to move on from electric!

One of the things that Jim wanted to do is to reinforce a couple areas of the apartment floor by adding 3/4" plywood from underneath.  One of those areas is underneath the toilet - in the event that something would ever have a slow leak, the floor underneath can become rotten.  The other area is when you first walk in the apartment - the AdvenTech in that area only spans one truss and Jim wanted to bolster it from below.  Measuring and cutting the pieces...

Using his brace to hold up the plywood - he first glued it and then went back and put in lots of screws.

Once it was all screwed down, he cut a hole through both layers from above for the toilet plumbing...

 

Trying out the stainless steel flange...

 

From underneath, you can see all the screws!

 

At the end of the day, Jim did a little grading by the side where the boom truck will have to park to get drywall through the back window.  While the ground is still somewhat soft after the winter, it's a good time to do some grading and let the rain help compact it until we're ready for drywall.

 

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