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The kitchen was almost completely walled in today, save a few little bits. We now have privacy from the bathroom and can pee with the door open to our heart’s content. There’s a full knee wall and all the perimeter walls are done. The only mistake today was the fact that they covered part of [...]

Week 5 of the kitchen renovation started out with a bang! Amidst the hustle and bustle of contractors and inspectors moving in and out today, Randye took this quick shot of the chaos in our driveway. This morning the firestop stuff was put in. All day, the guys were super-busy putting the insulation in the [...]

A call into the electric inspector got him to the house on Wednesday and we had a succesful inspection. He only said that he wanted our electrician to install two outlets in places that we hadn’t originally specified. Later that day, the electrician came and installed them. Thursday was pretty much a wash as our [...]

The electrician finished his rough on Monday, so now we have outlets, and switched and recessed fixtures — oh my! Here’s a little of what our ceiling looks like: We had a down day of no work on Tuesday. But the Wiring Inspector came on Wednesday and signed off on the rough. Also, the extra [...]

No sign of the electric inspector yesterday. All we’ve heard is that you leave a message and it’s a crap shoot. I told Randye I’d call Town Hall on Wednesday to see what the deal was.

Nothing much doing today, except that the electrician finished his rough work. There are still a few outlets, light switches and items that look like they need fixing, but I suspect he’ll wrap that up during the finish. We have a couple of working lights in the kitchen and dining room now for the interim. [...]

The electrician still had a lot of wiring and light installations to work on, including a couple of small changes we had for him on the fly. He came in yesterday (Saturday) and was there all day. Additionally, he had to bring a few outlets and light switches up to code, because Massachusetts laws state [...]

A busy day for the electrician today. There are wires everywhere and Randye thinks she may have heard him cursing out the old wiring setup. Boxes for outlets and light switches are in the walls. He’ll be here tomorrow as well to hopefully finish his roughs so we can move on to the next phases.

It was decided Thursday that the electrician would come on Friday and possibly finish his work on Saturday. The team from Perry Brothers Construction also kept busy with a number of items as the rough nears a possible completion and we move on to the wall and cabinetry phase. On Thursday, they built the basic [...]

Well, the electrician never showed today to do his rough work. Supposedly he’s the Marblehead electric inspector too. Either he was too busy or Marblehead is on the struggle status. Our contractors were none too pleased either, but hopefully we’ll see him tomorrow. On the up-side, the Amesbury plumbing inspector came by and gave us [...]