More freakin' inspections this week! It seems there is someone inspecting every single week on this project. Not sure I understand why, other than the company, local city and county inspectors need something to do.
Insulation: As I posted last week, the ceilings were insulated, and inspected. This week the walls were insulated with a different blown-in insulation. No one seems to be able to explain why they just don't use the same insulation in the walls as they did in the ceilings, but the conversation drifts to the point that the builder thinks this wall insulation is better. I guess well see over time with the heating and cooling costs they are quoting.
The process consists of blowing the foam into the studs, rolling them, and then applying a stapled "skin" of gauze to hold the stuff in place.
We do like the fact that they have balanced the airflow throughout the house pretty evenly with distributed heating and cooling with different HVAC systems, so maybe this type of wall insulation is part of the overall plan benefit. Hope they're right!
I'm told the pool guys are framing and digging this week, but we haven't seen anyone with a pick and shovel yet. We were at the pool company headquarters yesterday picking out colors (or Jan was, anyway), and of course we ended up upgrading a few things for more money. (No worries, we have the money tree picked out for the backyard.)
Lastly, we've been using our rental home as sort of a 'solar gage' as to whether to consider investing in solar roof panels on the new house. The rental house has a set of solar panels that are probably 10 years old, and with running all of the electrical house products plus the cooling systems, the monthly bill has never exceeded $25/mo so far. We'll watch and see what happens when the prolonged temps get over 100 degrees here to see if it is a realistic return on money.
Well, that's it for today! Off to pick up my new e-bike! See y'all next week!
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