Leslie and David's Wanderings: October 2025

The electricians finished up on time and addressed the few concerns I had. Our inspector walked the house and found several items that had to be fixed. One was a busted out board around the fireplace chimney that was part of the fire block to the attic. He pointed out the vapor barrier on the brick ledge was cut in the corners with bare concrete showing. He said that could lead to cracking of the brick in the corners. I pointed out they had not sealed around the pipes and electrical outlets in the sheathing which would allow infiltration of water, air and bugs. Our builder said they would get them all fixed. We went into the house on Saturday and spent four hours cleaning up all the saw dust, shavings and construction debris. We did not want them to come in and insulate so that the junk in the stud bays becomes a permanent part of the house. We blew some of it out with a leaf blower, Leslie swept a lot of it into piles to be vacuumed while David vacuumed up as much as he could and filled our little shop vac up five times. David had a pest control guy tell him once that the sawdust and shaving in the stud bays was ice cream for termites. We got it pretty well cleaned out. Then went around and took pictures in each room so we know where electrical, water and propane pipes are located in case we ever need to work in those areas in the future. After we got cleaned up, we went into Granbury to the Eighteen Ninety grill for a wonderful dinner to celebrate Davids Birthday. The next day we met our friends Mona and Wade in the stockyards at a new brewery for lunch and a few brews. Best Birthday Ever!

Of course, the contractors did not come out on Monday to fix the items we had found like they said they would. They did deliver the wallboard. On Tuesday the 30^th, the framing crew showed up along with the insulation guys. So apparently it was a scramble for the framers to stay ahead of the spray in foam insulation guys. The should start putting up the wall board Thursday and tape and mud the seams by next week. The bill for the cabinets came in $6500 over the allowance. We asked why, but were told it was because of the high counters and glass uppers. But those are called out in the drawings and in the contract, so they should have been included in the allowance. They are still trying to get us answers. We are still waiting for answers on the septic tank as well. The original plan was to put it between the house and the shop and all the sewage lines were run that way. But, for some reason, the county wants it on the other side of the driveway, which will require some rework and convoluted plumbing. Still waiting on answers from them as well.