It almost seems like one step forward and two steps back this week. Gary leaves for the Legislative session in Olympia on Monday, and will live in our condo down there during the week between now and May. We were hoping to have the project more or less done by then, but it isn't going to happen.

First off, this past week we lost an entire day of work because of Seattle City Light. On Thursday they were scheduled to do the cut over to the new electrical feed, and we were told we would have no power all day. Gary scheduled a day to move clothes and things to Olympia and was set to go. Robert, from Ideal Building showed up, the electrical sub-contractor showed up, even the plumber -- who was not supposed to show up showed up. Robert sent the plumber home since there was not going to be any power so no lights for him to see with, and Travis dug out the electrical vault in the yard. And then Seattle City Light called to say they weren't coming out -- no explanation. Ideal had sent their workers to other projects, and there was nothing for the electrician to do, so Thursday was a total waste.

However, Rob and Travis made some progress on getting the kitchen finished up. They got all the trim on, and put the corbels up that will hold the granite eating bar in place. They also got all the cabinet hardware installed, so the kitchen is looking better all the time. It looks so good we couldn't resist hanging up the Coke sign again! We are REALLY REALLY REALLY looking forward to having the kitchen back and working soon.
However, when putting the kitchen back together, it was discovered that our instant hot water dispenser wouldn't work with a two-inch granite counter top. An extension part is available -- on 120 day back order! Since it needs to go in before the disposal and drains go in, we can't wait that long for the part. However, Best Plumbing did have one that would fit -- at more than twice what we paid for the one we bought at Lowes. We took the old one back to Lowes and bought the new one from Best Plumbing. The plumber now has all the correct parts to install the drains and faucets and hot-water, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that when Gary gets back next weekend, the kitchen sink will work.

But then Friday brings more bad news. Apparently the plumber didn't correctly install the shower valves in the new shower before Rob put up the backer board and sealed it so they could start installing the tile. So on Friday they hacked off the backer board and re-installed the valves -- and now the backer needs to be patched and re-sealed before they can start tiling.

Meanwhile we hear rumors that Seattle City Light MIGHT come out on Thursday to do the switch over and then the electrician can finish all the electrical. However, that is just a rumor at this point.

This coming week we should also see the garage sheetrocked and taped -- which means they can finish the electrical there and get the garage door installed.