We're going to be nice and warm

This week was 90 percent plumber and 10 percent electrician. The plumber spent the whole week working on the radiant heat floors, with a brief visit on tuesday by the electrician to put in the floor outlets. On monday, it looked like this...... it's hard to see, but these are the main supply lines for the radiant heat.

The rest of the week was spent going round and round and attaching the floor tubing to the rebar base........

On friday, we were very excited to see an official looking guy in an orange vest stop by (the inspector!), who prompty passed the floors! The plumber continued to work the rest of the day to button up the manifold supplies for the heat, and now it looks like this........

Today, he'll be back to put in the water supply lines for the bathrooms and the kitchen, and on tuesday we POUR!!!! Concrete!!!!! All over the whole thing. We've already met the framers. They're itchin' to go. The next step will be the arrival of the SIP panels. We've been told that the factory rep will be here with the panels to supervise the installation. We're starting to figure out that this is kind of a big deal. This weekend, we're off to seattle to shop at a couple of salvage places for stone for the countertops on the built-ins and possibly the laundry countertop. The new rugs for the studio arrived yesterday, and they're going to be great. Big things happening next week.......stay tuned!