Renovation 2007: Inspections & Miss. Cel Lany
Well my contractor called and said that the electrical inspection passed. Yay. And because they can't do anything until the plumbing inspection there has been a lull in the amount of work they are doing at the house. Meaning, no one is around when say the plumbing inspector drops by. So there was a big red sticker (not orange but red) on the door saying that the plumbing inspector was by and there was no one to let him in. So that holds back the work until sometime next week when the contractor will wait around the house for the city inspector to come by and look at the plumbing.The plumbing looks, interesting. He's using plastic or pvc or whatever the heck that is, instead of copper in some spots. I guess that saves me money, considering the price of copper. The radiator lines do have copper.
Once the plumbing inspection goes through then they will begin the dizzying fast paced work of insulating and sticking up drywall. That's when the walls will seem more real and I get closer to moving back into my house.
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On the TC front it looks like the grant for the Hanover Civic people and their Truxton Circle confirming beautification project will go through. I say, looks like. Given that the city already calls the area Truxton Circle and the Hanover people need the money and a few of us sent letters in support of the Hanover grant, I think we should be good.
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In the Shaw history research area I went to look for Shaw, Washington's premier Black neighborhood : an examination of the origins and development of a Black business movement, 1880-1920 by Michael Fitzpatrick at the MLK and it is lost. It might be misfiled but it wasn't behind the desk, like it was supposed to be. Nor was it on the shelf in the Washingtonia room. Confronted with this problem, I decided to leave the MLK, hop on the yellow line and go to VA to buy shoes. Cloth flats totally make up for a disappointing research outing.
Labels: neighborhood history, renovation, Truxton Circle
posted by Mari @ 18.5.07
5 Comments:
ive got pvc water lines for the laundry in my house, apparently they are fine for supply. last winter they were the only ones that didnt burst with the cold weather.
mmm shoes
Worldcat says the Smithsonian has a copy of that book, though I'm not sure how one goes about looking at it there.
More photos of your renovations in progress, please! They will help the rest of us to visualize working on our own homes.
--Stoma
I've been posting pictures of my renivation on my Flickr site.
On the history I think there may be a copy at UMDCP I can grab, or at lest ILL.
speaking of shoes, city sports in chinatown is having a good sale. i just got a pair of red sambas!
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