The trim arrives, tile shower begins to take shape!

(just a note here.. I've created 4 posts here covering the last 4 days of progress on-site. Enough has been going on that I needed to dedicate individual posts for everything, so please make sure to check them all out!)

Today (Tuesday) we saw the interior wood trim has arrived!

We got a call this morning asking us to meet with Dennis, Joe, and the finish carpenter on-site this afternoon to go over all the work that he has to do. We talked about the columns on top of the half walls in the living room, trim pieces on the nooks up high in there, and the girls' window seats (among other smaller details)

He told us he was going to start with the trim around the windows first...

pile of trim and base pieces

master bedroom window

At the same time, the crew from the flooring supplier was here to begin their week-long job of building the ceramic tile shower. They poured the "leveling grout" on the floor and began installing the tile on the walls. They also got the little nooks (two of them) installed inside the shower and the corner "seat" as well.

three rows of the glass tile inserts are in place

see one of the nooks?

Today also, the mound system was completed... You can see in the foreground left the three access caps for the underground septic tank. In the background you can see the completed mound system (see the little white vent pipe sticking up?)

The plumbing installer was back today doing more plumbing, including installing some sinks.

laundry room sink

Unfortunately, that led to the discovery of another "oops".... the sink in the half-bathroom got installed today, but the faucet was the wrong finish (it's supposed to be a dark bronze instead of a stainless steel)

The air conditioning unit arrived and was installed on a pad in the back yard today.

...and the masons were back again today. They basically have the walls done all the way across the front now and have started on the columns and entryway canopy.

Also today, Matt (security) was back at the site while we were there meeting with the finish carpenter. He completed his installation of the security system and tested it out. He then gave us a very brief run down on how it worked (we'll get a more in-depth lesson just before we move in), and set off both the fire alarm and the burglar alarm (they're both VERY loud!! lol).

The granite countertops in the kitchen are schedule to show up next week, so they had a guy out there today as well to measure up the cabinets. For the granite, they have a single big slab of granite back at their shop. Being that it's a natural product, every slab is a little different. So we chose ours slab, and then they measure the cabinets after they're installed. Then he takes those measurements back to the shop where they do all the cutting.

The granite for the kitchen countertops will show up in two massive slabs and that's it. The backsplash will be smaller pieces of course, but just two huge slabs for the countertops.

Tomorrow should see even more exciting progress!

Paul