Leslie and David's Wanderings: 15-23 December 2025 Trim Carpenters Start

The tile and floor contractor continued to work on their installation. They completed the EVP install and tile floor install except for the grouting. The trim carpenters started their work. On Davids Suggestion, we met at the house with the trim carpenters and walked through how we wanted the closets and pantry configured. If we had not suggested it, who knows what we would have gotten installed. They are also installing the doors and attic access stairs. We also provided they pictures of how we wanted the trim around the front and back doors. We picked up a couple of night stands from an online seller. They needed some work. On Wednesday, Leslie sanded the tops down and stained them while David repaired the ethernet cables, finished installing the conduit and filled in the trench. The Trim carpenters are making quick work of trimming out the house and appear to be doing an excellent job at it. They showed up Monday (22 Dec) to install the septic system. David met with Kelby and the Septic contractor to work out where he wanted the sprinklers installed and to check they knew where the wire conduits were so they did not cut them. As he pulled up, he could hear they were jack hammering rock. Sure enough, they only dug down a couple of feet before hitting solid rock. They had to jack hammer through 10 feet of limestone to dig a hole deep enough to put the tank. David had expected some rock layers, but not ten feet of solid limestone. We went out on Tuesday as we were leaving town to see how they had done and the tank was installed (although they still had some connections to complete). We haven’t heard how much extra it is going to cost for the effort to cut through the rock yet. There is a “rock clause” in the contract to give them relief. There is a large pile of rock that will have to be disposed of as well. David asked if they could put it in the low corner in the southwest corner of the lot rather than pay to haul it away, but has not heard back yet. We are going to have to do something different with the propane tank rather than have to dig another whole in the rock. The good news is that house sits on top of this rock shelf, so the foundation is pretty solid.