We decided that we could save a lot of money by pulling our own wires for our house. While I think having a good electrician, and up to code electricity is a very good thing, lets face it pulling wire is a truly grunt work and at $65/hour I can work a little slower and get the job done. I am not the one getting paid that wage, my electrician is. I spent lots of time crawling around under my house knocking out knockouts - what a wonderful invention - and poking wire through holes. It was fun as the beginning of this year in science we were learning about electricity and current and things like that and now we had the opportunity to really make circuits. We hope! Reality will show up tomorrow as we have our electrical inspection. I even pulled wire today for a wired speakers for our TV. I kind of laughed though as I was pulling them because we are so not that technologically advanced and it would be a huge leap if we were ever to actually use them! But, you can only have those studs open one time, you might as well pull the wire.
School in the mornings and early to mid afternoon arrive to work on the house. It has been an adventure. The other day though we had a very efficient and effective contractor show up. He was needed due to a miscommunication about what was needed as far as holes in the foundation to run ducting through. So he came out and drilled some. He showed up in a huge truck with a big core drill. His drilling leavings looked like core samples of my foundation which is exactly what they were. It was very fun.
The plan is still to be in by Christmas. So to do that I need to get the house painted inside and out. After the sheet rock and insulation is all in. Cabinets in. Trim up. Doors in. Flooring in. Plumbing fixtures and trims all set in place. Closets up and the closet maid hangers in. Pantry ready.
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