Week 2 - Tues

For a while today there was quite a bit of activity between the framers and the plumbers. 

One of the ongoing minor issues in the master bath is where to locate the new exhaust vent/light.  The original box down was pretty low and the exhaust vent/light was located there.  The new design called for carrying through the same ceiling profile as over the tub but with a 4 inch vent pipe getting in the way it just isn't possible there and wouldn't really allow much room for the vent to be installed.  So the idea was to create a smaller box down to hold the vent/light.  So that's what the framer did.

This vent pipe makes following the designed ceiling profile impossible and there is no easy way to move it.

After much discussion yesterday, this is the solution that the framers were told to build.  Unfortunately, there is a problem.  Can you spot it?

The rail in the picture holds a cabinet and the top of the cabinet extends about an inch above the top of the rail and a foot out from the wall.. well, if you haven't figured it out yet, that would pretty much totally block the light and possibly the vents.  So, back to the drawing board.  Daryl and I discussed options and decided to put the vent up in the sloped ceiling and rework this drop down.  Pat concurred.

The framers then worked on the fir out of the walls in the media room.  The end wall will have a step out kind of design.  We were a little concerned about how it would look, but it is going to add some interest to the room.

This is the wall they were working on.  You can see the door to the left and then just a straight wall.

The build out of the wall adds a good bit of architectural interest.  The door "alcove" is to the left.  The kegerator "alcove" is there in the middle with the wall brought out about 8 inches.  Then the cabinet "alcove" was brought out about 25".  The section above will be sheetrocked.

From this view, you can see the step out of the walls.  One thing that Andy noticed is that there is a good amount of space above that cabinet alcove and thinks it might be nice to have a little door up there for some storage.  It would be perfect to store seldom used items like his fermentation bottles and the 9-gal brew pot.  But, we don't want to destroy the esthetics either.

The other big news of the day is the rough in of the shower plumbing.  This is something that Andy is very excited about as he is a shower person, not a bath person.

Here is the shower plumbing.  We were able to raise the shower head by four inches since the low ceiling is now gone.  The rectangles of copper in the middle of the picture is where the four body spray nozzles go.  The two black circles are the control valves.  One valve regulates the temperature and one switches which nozzles are in use.  We will be able to use just the shower head, just the body sprays or everything at once.  Everything at once would likely empty a full water heater in about 10 mins so gotta be a little judicious in its use.

We finally got a delivery date for the tub.  Unfortunately, it is not scheduled to be delivered for another 10 days, on 3/30.  It had to be shipped from Canada.  Another bit of not-so-good news came in the form of the estimate for running a water line for the proposed ice maker.  Adding in the cost of the ice maker it really was more than we could justify.  Fortunately, the ice maker seems to be in short supply and has not yet shipped, so Andy is going to try to cancel the order.  If it's too late, then we will just have some very expensive ice cubes for the next party.

There is one issue that is left over from the previous project that I had RHD take a look at.  The dryer vent used to go straight up and vented through the roof.  When they finished the addition, they just ran some flexible duct across the attic and out through the soffit.  Well, the flexible duct made many turns as it snaked across, up and down and over the rafters and did not vent properly.  In fact, when they removed the flexible duct today, the found that it was completely blocked with lint and water from condensation.  No wonder it took several cycles to dry clothes.  They will now use a rigid pipe straight up through the attic.  Once they fix that, then Andy will install the new washer and dryer.

Tomorrow, the HVAC guys will be out to move the vents in media room and hopefully will fix the dryer vent.  The electrician will be back to start work on the media room starting with the electrical followed by the media/speaker cables.