More Electrical and Inspections

Hola Amigos. I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya.
Things have really slowed down as we work with the electricians and wait for permits and inspections so we can move on.

This upcoming week we should pass final inspection on the frame of the house, which is what we need to continue with exterior wall insulation and begin to put up drywall and keep going on the house.

Here are some pics of the last of the wiring rough-in. We have to do some minor remodeling at the top of the steps to the bonus room to bring the available headroom to code (requires 6'8" of space at the top of the steps and because of our bonus room sloped ceiling we have to turn the last 2-3 steps 90 degrees to the middle of the room for clearance). Pics of the remodeling should be forthcoming this week.

We have two 200-amp breaker boxes, a meter box, and one 100-amp box to connect to a backup power generator! Also visible in the shot: future satellite TV wire and gas line.


Cables organized and ready to punch down to the breakers:


Above the family room fireplace, we've run center speaker wire and have a tube through which we can pull audio/video cables to the future TV location. This tube opens to the attic.


The breaker box/meter panels and conduit for power cables installed.


Just a day later the wires are through to the breaker boxes through the wall and nicely done.


Closeup of wire run through wall to breaker boxes:


Shot into attic of power wires, data cables, geothermal plumbing, etc.


It looks like it snowed in the attic!


They had to cut a hole in the foam walls above both patios to run power and speaker wire (this will get a door installed and re-insulated):


The electricians made quick work of wiring the shop! Three 220V lines for lift, compressor and future needs (welder?...), and switched outlets for lots of lights.


The shop gets its own breaker box, meter, permit, and address (like a 1/2 address)! That's big time y'all.


Final shot: the framers came back and zip-taped the seams of all of the green boards on the house. Bonus points for spotting the "Wild African Coop" exploring nearby.


A lot should happen this week including final framing, pass frame inspection (fingers crossed), shop permit, the rest of the foam (must pass frame inspection), and start of drywall (ditto).