What to do now…

Posted on the December 18th, 2009 under First Stages by admin

After talking with my General Contractor today. We determined the best plan of attack to get this house finished and how to get the floors down the RIGHT way. Apparently the floors are way beyond repair and must be removed.

Steps to complete the home:

Trim the tree that is blocking the connection of the house to the power pole outside this weekend.
Have air conditioning compressor set outside and have connected by electrician on Monday morning.
Schedule all three trade inspections for Tuesday morning. Plumbing, Mechanical (HVAC) and Electrical Finals.
Once the final electrical inspection is passed I will contact the chief building inspector and ask that he send a release to our electrical company. He will also have the county issue a temporary Certificate of Occupancy (C/O) provided all of the misc. fees are paid to date.
Call electrical company and have them come to the house and connect the electricity to the house.
Have the first start performed on the A/C by the HVAC company and begin running the A/C.
Call health department and schedule a water test on the well and get that approved.
Bring all wood product into the home and begin the acclimation period.
In the mean time, schedule a FINAL BUILDING inspection on the home. (This is the last inspection needed where there will be a county official inside of the home. This means we can move our stuff in a little early and if the electricity is on, guess what, we will be living there permanently!!!
After final building inspection is passes we can do our site grading and get the drainage work done with the tractor in 1 day. Cover up all holes in the ground, remove leftover construction debris, etc…
Schedule final Land Alteration inspection (Site Inspection)
We can begin the wood floors after 7 days of proper HVAC moisture removal and wood floor acclimation. The floor will take 3 days to install. After wood floors are installed we can have our carpet installed in the bedrooms.
If all of this “STUFF” goes well, we can apply for an official Certificate of Occupancy and be done with this crazy crazy process!