The balusters are square iron, but the posts are wood
Then I agree…paint the posts white.
Love the backsplash you chose dfin!
This might be a stupid question, but why is there an outlet and cord next to the range hood?
Some hoods are plug in, not hardwired. Ours required an outlet. Mr. B installed one where it was needed.
I see that the hood is plugged into it. There is apparently a cover that hides this unsightly stuff that has not been installed yet.
Oh. Didn’t know that. I’ve never seen that on any range hood. Mine must obviously be hardwired.
The plug with a cord hanging down like that would drive me absolutely insane.
Edit to add: See that you mentioned it will be covered up. Okay then!
I am sure there will be some paneling covering it up.
I think there must be another stainless steel piece that will cover that and the rest of the vent piece - as I noticed the part over the triangle is squished in. A big piece must go over that to the ceiling and over the outlet & cord.
Haven’t installed the range ducting cover yet because we had to patch a little drywall and paint the ceiling around the duct.
Final Inspection!
We passed final inspection today. It took awhile to get ready for final inspection because of the following:
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Had to build new staircase trim, posts, balusters and handrail. This is because the inspector noted that the old staircase was not to code and he gave us an option to install plexiglass across the balusters AND Dfin wanted to update the staircase anyways. It had an old traditional style and was wobbly and unsafe.
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Waiting for lighting choices and waiting and waiting
Cannot have bare wires sticking out of ceiling for inspection. -
Had to get powder room countertop and fixtures installed
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Inspector had told us we had to have a tight fireplace cover to pass energy code
So… the last light fixture showed up yesterday afternoon and passed the Dfin test. We called for an inspection and found out that our inspector is on vacation so a substitute was coming. The woman just walked into the house, said everything was lovely and proceeded to just stick her gizmo into the GFI outlets in the kitchen, powder room and upstairs bath. She asked about the smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. And, we learned that you have to have a shower curtain and/or shower door on a shower for final inspection. She let us pass.
She didn’t look at any of the freaking complicated Astronomical timer switches, humidity switches, occupancy sensors, Title 24 LED exterior lighting, and on and on and on. Not a glance to fireplace, not a glance to the staircase… nothing!!! I’ve never had it so easy.
Dfin, her H (who has been our excellent electrician for the last couple of weeks, fixing everything and getting ready) and I just stood there with jaws dropped as she left the building. We waited until we saw the car go down the street and then “What the hey??? she didn’t look at all the stuff we were so worried about”!!! We are convinced the regular inspector is going to show up unannounced next week or something and start going through the details
I loaded some photos of the lighting choices, powder room complete and staircase complete.
A couple of the guys have been sick this week and we have some extra stuff to finish up outside before we pull all the tools out of there. And, of course, one more dump run!!! Still have a lot of old roof shingles and materials lying around that need to get hauled off.
Soon I’ll try to come up with the final schedule (full of excuses why it took so long of course!) and budget (I don’t really want to know the budget)
You probably mentioned this, but who made the kitchen cabinets?
Congrats!!! Looks gorgeous. I especially like the finishes in the powder room. Great choices! Like the Toto, too.
Speaking of the toilet, one inspector here said that caulking of the toilet to the floor is no longer allowed by the code. This is due to the fact that small leaks could happen under the toilet and the homeowner would not notice until it is too late because the caulk keeps the leak under the toilet and not noticeable.
Lovely. Well done.
Caulking under the toilet is hit or miss, depending on who you are talking to. However, every single Home Inspector, hired by buyers, comes in and dings for no caulk around the bottom of the toilet.
And this Building Inspector noted that there was caulk around toilet (required per her), but I didn’t ask her about it.
On the other hand, the majority of the time water is leaking from the top of the toilet… the infamous toilet clog So, the caulk keeps the overflowing water on the floor from seeping down into the subfloor and rotting out the sub floor, which is a more serious problem. So, damned if you do and damned if you don’t
Cabinets are solid wood, higher quality. Kraftmaid cabinets. They took about 6 weeks to order and get delivered.
The cabinets in this kitchen, which had a lot of inserts and trim included, were about $15,000 after discount but with sales tax and delivery. The fancy refrigerator panels probably were about $1,000 of that cost
Water flowing over can be mopped up and dried. The invisible leaks lead to subfloor rot and toilets falling through the floor apparently! A TOTO guru sez caulk some on the front and leave the back uncaulked.
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/caulk-toilet-to-floor.860/
Wow—another masterpiece! Truly lovely work at a fraction of what would have been charged by others who wouldn’t have done as nice of a job!
cb and Dfin,
Gorgeous!
Thank you for allowing us to follow along during this remarkable transformation.
Wow! I finally looked at the photos, and it is a lovely job.
Just got a chance to see the photos and I’m with the others - beautiful results!
It is quite lovely and very peaceful looking. There is a calm blue light that comes in, maybe from the pool, and it works well with all the colors you chose.