Central Vac

The way our plan worked out, there is a utility corridor down the middle of the house that contains the air supply and return, the drain lines, the gaspipe, and now central vac pipes. You can see some of each here. The vacuum pipes were kind of fun to figure out, and are my first major contribution to the guts of the house.

Plumbing, Fireplace, and Bathtub

Almost all the drain lines are done. Here's where they all come together in the ceiling of the pantry.

Hyrum's guys were back this week, and got the fireplace and bathtub framed in. I found both for fantastic deals on KSL.com. I like fantastic deals.

Gas inspection passed

All of the gaspipe is now installed, and the system is pressurized for testing, and this morning the inspector came and passed it off. I've ordered the meter, and now we'll be able to run the fireplace and/or furnace as soon as they're installed. We probably won't run them much before we're insulated, because that will cost a lot.

Topsoil

I had figured the next step for natural gas would be after the 4-way inspection, but the gas guy on the HVAC crew told me I should order the yard line now, so that we'll be ready to order the meter when the 4-way is done. I called Questar, and found out they won't lay the yard line until we're up to finished grade on that side of the house. I couldn't believe they were really unwilling to dig a trench until I brought in more dirt, but that's what they said, so we did. We got a great deal on some topsoil from the new Station Park development over by the freeway where they've removed several inches of the farm soil and have to get rid of it to build all the fancy-pants new stores and stuff.

Major HVAC progress and Roofing completed

Jim had his knee replaced yesterday, and today the HVAC guys he arranged to replace him came and finished almost all the supply runs in the attic, and part of the trunk downstairs. It looks good.

Alan had some things come up and couldn't finish the roofing himself, but he sent Moises, and he was fast. He came Thursday afternoon, and was done by this afternoon.