T and I had reservations at an event at the Botanical Garden this morning, so we headed out around 8:30 am. Before leaving, I asked Mark if they could expand the new domestic hot water heater circulation loop over to the west side of the basement, under the kitchen. This would shorten the time required to realize hot water at the kitchen sink. The length of time now required for hot water to arrive at the kitchen sink is the only drawback that we have noticed with the new system. The old hot water tank was located in the basement immediately below the kitchen sink. Mark indicated this would not be a big deal and they would take care of it.
We returned home around 1:00 pm. Just as we pulled up, the City Mechanical Inspector (same one as yesterday) pulled up behind us. He said he was sorry to say that he had been instructed to post a "Stop Work Order" for the mechanical portion of the project. He explained that this was because of Frank's lack of a permit and license. He said that Frank did have a City business license, but also needed a second license to do mechanical work. I told him to do whatever he had to do and I would let "Our" Mike know. While he was filling out the paperwork, I called Mike and let him talk to the Inspector. After a lengthy conversation with Mike, the Inspector posted the "Stop Work Order" on the door and departed, again. I later talked to Mike and was told not to be concerned. It was just a lack of communications. Actually, today it has no impact on the work going on as it only applies to Frank's company, who is not doing any work here today. I have confidence they will get it sorted out without cost to us or impact on schedule.
Tom completed the foundation back filling, dug a new trench from the main house out to the garage and was gone by 3:00 pm. John was running natural gas and water lines to the sunroom and garage. Greg has knocked a window in the basement foundation and has run the water lines through the window. He will be installing drain valves on each water line so that we can winterize each service independently, with separate cold water lines to each the garage and sunroom. I was a little surprised with how Greg routed the water lines in the basement as it traverses the wall on which, I thought, Rob (electrical) had premised installation of the new electrical panel. Oh well, I am sure they know what they are doing. If not, they will redo it.
I talked with Morgan (east neighbor) about their plans for their fence along our east property line. Morgan is busy rebuilding that fence and reconfirmed that their current plan is to extend the existing fence northward to a point corresponding to the northern point of both our houses. They would then turn their wooden fence to the east and we would install a new metal fence west to the corner of our house. Morgan requested that, when we have utilities located prior to excavation for the slab, we have the locators include the area on Morgan's side of the property line so he can dig fence post holes with confidence.
No further communication from Betsy (solar) today. Not sure how to interpret the lack of followup. I sent another note to Christine (Alderwoman) suggesting we set up a teleconference next week, at her convenience, to continue our discussion on the alley.
I anticipate Greg and John to be back tomorrow. Don't have an idea of when to expect Frank's crew to return to work on the radiant heat boiler. Mike told us yesterday that he was working with the lumber supplier in preparation for starting the framing work in the near future.
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