Pigtails and Volunteers!

May 31^st.

I met Ron Dinicola my brother’s Father-in-law at the house because he is a licensed electrical contractor and was willing to walk us through how to wire our house. As we walked through the house and talked about what needed to be done and what was involved with completing the electrical it became more and more obvious that I had underestimated what was involved. Ron was helpful and pointed out some changes we will be incorporating (including a sub-panel in the laundry) that will reduce the materials and hopefully the time needed to install them. He showed me how to use the “pigtail” technique to connect wires and devices inside a box. Thanks Ron for the help!

 I will be heading out to the house on Tuesday to mark out the switches, boxes and lights, with the hope that on Saturday I can go out again and start drilling the holes to run the wires. On Sunday I had two friends (coincidentally both named Dave) offer to help for a couple of days! So thankful for friends like these (not just because they are working on the house but because they are willing to take time out of their week for us)! I can't thank them enough!

Below are some pics from Friday the 30^th. Friday the framers were able to get the main beam up and in place above the main floor! We should be framing the roof and the upstairs above the garage this week and calling for inspections middle of next week! Moving quickly!!

We are ordering doors and windows from ETO Doors in LA. We can drive there and pick them which will save us about $900 dollars! We are also going to be Installing our own HVAC and will be getting the duct design done through ACDuctDesign.com. They will give us a detailed layout and we can take that to KarnAir in Hemet who will help us put together a parts list. 

We are going to hire Michael Mark to install our standing seam metal roof because he is our framer and has a very competitive bid (mostly because he is already here).

The Septic system will be ordered this week and should be installed next week sometime along with the utility line and all the plumbing! It is coming together quickly now!!!

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This is the main beam that will be moving up 18 feet above the surface of the concrete. They were able to do without a crane. I didn't see it but it must have been a sight!