Sunday, July 18, 2010

07-18-2010: Foundation, problems

The foundation guys came back out and worked most of the day.  It didn't turn out to be the best of days. 

First, Minx started gimping around this morning and was unable to sit down due to pain in either his tail or his butt.  He and Toby were playing hard this morning, and he must have been bitten or something.  He'll probably head to the vet tomorrow to get it checked out unless it improves significantly overnight.

Next, Rick noticed that the main water line to the master bathroom had been cut when the guys were digging dirt around the edge of the basement.  Remember the plumber is on vacation in California for a week.  Luckily, Rick had the PEX tools and was able to dig the line out and replace it.  If he hadn't noticed the damaged line, water would had seeped from the slab into the basement when we connected and turned on the water.

Finally (and worst), Rick was remeasuring all of the plumbing stuff tonight and discovered that the plumber missed the placement of the toilet/drains/water lines in the west guest bathroom by 1 foot!  He's going to call the plumber in California again and find out if he prefers for Rick, or his goofy helper, or another plumber to fix it before the slab is poured on Wednesday.  We're not going to delay pouring the slab, and Rick wants it fixed before the slab is poured.  We'll see what happens.

The foundation guys will have to make a short trip back out before Wednesday to set the shower pan and tub recess in the master bathroom (these were in the area that had to be dug back up today and didn't get finished).

This is the part which is 1 foot off.  It's not really that complicated but is currently under more than 20 inches of compacted dirt and all 3 pieces have to be moved back a foot.

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