shadesofmauve | First inspection scheduled!

I scheduled a framing inspection -- well, partial framing inspection -- for tomorrow.

That's as specific as it gets. 'Tomorrow.' They won't tell me when. It's like the Spanish Inquisition.

I'm now faced with an ethical dilemma -- call the city and try to get them to narrow down the time, or take the whole day off work. I'm leaning towards the latter, except that I have a 9:30 dentist appointment, and with my luck the inspector will show up while I'm a mile away having my teeth cleaned -- and then my permit will be cancelled, because tomorrow is literally the last day for me to prove I've done enough work to keep the permit open.

They'll be looking at the exterior wall framing. Technically all the wall framing is supposed to be one inspection, but since the interior wall is the last thing to go up, it'd mean waiting waaaay too long, so I'm calling for a partial. That way I can get my window openings checked off and put the north windows in, which is good, because they should be arriving at the window place TODAY.

This weekend we cut away the sheathing, shingles, and aluminum siding so you can actually see through the framed window holes. WINDOWS! Now with new "Transparent" technology!

EXCITEMENT!

The studio, from approximately the door:

All four windows, showing the difference between the standard height window in the laundry room and the high oh-shit-I-hope-this-doesn't-look-awful windows in the studio:

A shot of the floor, taken without any additional lighting, to show how bright it is in there:

In other news, we didn't do the gas line because I'm still confused about the eventual future of my hot water heater, and what kind it is determines where it lives and where the gas inlet is, so nothing can be done with the gas line.