{"id":51740,"date":"2015-07-14T18:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/kitchen-project-day-251-of-stainless-steel-and-masonry.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:21:41","slug":"kitchen-project-day-251-of-stainless-steel-and-masonry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/kitchen-project-day-251-of-stainless-steel-and-masonry.html","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Project – Day 251: Of Stainless Steel and Masonry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are in the slow, final dribs and drabs aspect of the kitchen project, which is a Good Thing from a budget standpoint.<\/p>\n

First off, the work on the range hood has finally<\/i> finished, as the intact and un-masked and polished range hood picture below demonstrates. Huzzah! The kitchen looks finished!<\/p>\n

(And, except for a few punch list details, and different door hinges, and moving the outlet behind the range (!), it is.)<\/p>\n

Outside, the masonry guys got the retaining walls done, as well as the patio outside the back door, which is repurposing bricks that used to be on our front<\/i> patio. That all looks good, except for two things:<\/p>\n

The second of the things is grading issues on the side yard, so that water runs toward the neighbor (as it traditionally does) rather than into our basement (which we'd prefer not). There is certainly dirt there that wasn't before all the excavation, so we're certainly hoping that it's doable.<\/p>\n

The first of things has to do with the city inspection today — which turned out the city sort of bobbled, as it was supposed to be for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical, and instead the guy was sent out who could do the first two and<\/i> the final, but not the electrical.<\/p>\n

So we are passed on mechanical and plumbing. Electrical is still to be done. Final building will be after that.<\/p>\n

Inspector Man liked a number of the things we had done, but was concerned on the exterior, esp. about the retaining wall. This was in the original plans, but lower (because more was to have been excavated for the the deck that was canceled off the plan). So there's some review to be done of what the block manufacturer requires (which I would have thought the masonry contractor or the GC would have checked before the wall was put up), and we'll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

The final bit had to do with an unexpected change order. The west side of the house, opposite all of this, is narrow and has a slab on it, along with a double gate — designed for some previous owner to park their RV or boat in the side yard. We don't do that, and the double gates have been a pain — and, in a moment of brilliant timing, the gate post that was anchoring the whole mess to the side of the house has torn off of that wall.<\/p>\n

So … since we are already getting fence work done on the other side of the house, we're having them remove the two gates, and put in "normal" wood fence and a single, normal-sized gate. Which is something we've wanted for a while, but would have preferred to not have happen quite yet.<\/p>\n

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Things are in the slow, final dribs and drabs aspect of the kitchen project, which is a Good Thing from a budget standpoint. First off, the work on the range hood has finally finished, as the intact and un-masked and polished range hood picture below demonstrates. Huzzah! The kitchen looks finished! 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