Post 25- PASS!

We passed our framing and plumbing inspection friday morning...WOOT!  It's been quite a while since I've posted, but we've been a little busy, what with getting ready for the framing inspection and all.  Dad and Mom came up Wed afternoon, and we basically worked 12-14 hours a day until he had to leave Sat morning.  We got a LOT done.  I'd had some stuff done from before that I never posted too, so here's everything!

With notes...

If you look along the sides, you can see we've got joist hangers and the bird blocking up all around the perimeter.  Also (and more obviously), it's now much harder to do a stagedive involuntarily from the loft. Also, look at that well framed roof!

Here's the right side of the benches...with cat

Here's the left side of the benches, with the dog                                    and his boy (the cat had moved over there too)

And here (above) is the top view down.  Obviously, the benches are unfinished, but you can get an idea of what they'll look like when finished.  I have to wait for 2 more inspections before I can finish them out (they'll need to see underneath for some electrical and insulation).

Look at those posts!  Those things look like they're about 1/2" thick solid plate steel.  Dad fabricated these and brought them up, we installed them with giant lag bolts into the concrete and into the glue lam.  Those things weight like 200 lbs each, and are super solid.

Here's a view from the bench looking left-ish

Here's a view from the bench looking right-ish

Here's the hole in the middle of the floor.  Everyone keeps asking "Why did you put a hole in your floor?  What are you going to put in the hole?"  The actual answer is, "the bodies of people who make fun of the hole", but I'm telling everyone a water feature (fountain or some such) and some plants.   Shhh.  Also, check out that perfect matching angle on the framing.  That looks so good, it looks like someone else did it.  "Very Adequate", as Kenny says.

Washer hookup~!  Also, general plumbing/vents.  A washer is hooked up to that now and I'm here to tell you...Nothing will make you appreciate a washer like doing clothes by hand for a month or two.  

Point of Use hot water heater...perfect for us!

You can't really tell from this terrible picture (below), but this is my awesome shower floor.  I pretty much used the whole corner to the west of the toilet for shower, so it's pretty big.  It's a weird shape though, so I couldn't really buy a premade "shower kit" without losing a good couple feet in one of my weird angle corners.  Instead, we put down some thick rubber shower liner, then poured a little slab.  The highest point on the shower base is 5.5", and it drops down to about 3.5-4" at the drain.  The drain isn't in the direct center of the shower, but it's sloped nicely towards it so it drains great.  It's usable now, but I'll be tiling the floor and walls to have a fancy step in shower that should be pretty neat when done.  I'll be using the same tile for the kitchen counter.

Shower head... you know how these work.

Temporary walls to shower in (tile coming later)

Kitchen sink and back of the shower.  That opening you see to the right will be where the bathroom door goes.

Here's a closer look at Josh's room.  It's small, but not too uncomfortably so.  He came up with most of the design himself, he wanted a loft bed with desk and closet built in underneath.  The bed is framed, but I still have to do the fancy bits.  There's a yellow level hanging on the right side of his door opening and an HD antennae on the left.  The ladder will be built in and also serve as a guard rail.  Everything in the house needs to serve at least 2 purposes since we're in a small space.

Here's that same view (below), aiming a bit higher .  you can see the edge of the back door over to the right there, and the scaffolding disassembled.

Top of stairs and railing (East side)

Stub wall (West side) will be covered up for privacy

View of TV from middle bench

 Same shot, but taken a little bit further down

 This picture was too funny not to share.  I call this "Oh please please please".  Look closely outside the window...

Saturday we had 2 deer out in the front yard too.  Pretty neat stuff.  That's about it for now, but before I go, here's a picture of the dragon boat races that we participated in with Team Pilot.  Fun stuff!  In between races, I paddled out in my kayak and took some pix.  The first one is from land, the second one is from a kayak sitting off the finish line.  Fun stuff.

Well, that's all for now!  Thanks for reading!  I hope that your lives are as blessed as mine is.-Jj