Electrician was out today to upgrade the electric box, run a wire via attic through an upstairs closet, through the floor into the garage for Mark. Mark is very happy. Who knew all he needed was his own electric box in the garage. Tomorrow they will be back to hard wire smoke detectors in all bedrooms.
Hope they remember there all those wire go. I'm not sure it matters. I think they just hook them up and then tell you what room is what. The new box is in now. Nathan liked all the wires hanging down and I always have a scrapbook in mind, so I took a picture. Have camera will travel.
I asked the electrician to change all the outlets and light switches and he told me it would be $68 an hour plus parts and that it would take two guys four hours to do the work! WHAT? I said, "Are you sure it would take that long?" He said, "You have a big house ma'am." He basically was very nice and saved me $300 + dollars because Mark can do it and we will. None of the outlets or switches are a fire hazard. Old and yellow with brand new WHITE switch plates, but not a hazard. Very nice of him not to take my money and run. Mark and I will do one or two rooms at a time and save $100's. Just cosmetic. Safety first!
Fireplace is good condition, yeah! It is old but apparently a well made brand. Some work needs to get done but under $200. Cleaning, screen the keep the birds out, and something else.
Had a pool guy and his cousin out that does decorative concrete floors, driveways and pool decks. Learned a lot about concrete today. Waiting for an estimate to do the downstairs laundry room, the room with access to the pool, down stairs hall that leads to the pool and garage. Concrete just seems smart. Hoping it isn't too expensive seems like it is super easy to maintain. I need a name for the room to the pool. Wet room? Multi purpose room? That room downstairs?
Mark is still fussing with plumbing and warned we might be without water this whole weekend! EEEKS!
AC isn't going to cost as much as the estimate we got from the sellers before we closed. Which is great because they gave us an allowance check at closing and now we can spend (or already spent) the money on something else. They gave us money to fix some electric, AC and the deck which are things considered a safety hazard according to the inspector.
The kids call the deck the scary deck and Nathan told the pool guys not to go on the deck today, for obvious reasons. IT IS SCARY! One guy started to take the challenge and realized at step two of the stairs it really is that bad.
This weekend I think Mark hopes to move the water heater and put in a door into that room downstairs. I am going to finish painting Madison's room and I still haven't decided what to do with Nathan's room. I might have Mark show me how to change out receptacles and switches. FUN! FUN! I already have all the switch plate off in the girls rooms, half the battle right?
More pictures to come. I took a 15 minute Blair Witch Project type video of the house. I might post it. I am no videographer. The last 5 minutes Nathan is following me whining "mommy, Mommy. MOMMY!" I might work on a edited version. Like I have time for that!
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