FOUR MONTHS

The four month delay is practically over. The water line is officially separated as of this afternoon. The water company is tapping the new line, and once that's done, I can begin to finish this up. We didn't even need to go into their house. They have a copper line running from their house that connected to the lead line in the sidewalk, so we just replaced the lead line for a copper one, and hooked their existing copper line to that.

Now was that really worth holding it up for so long?? (Children. I swear.)

Permit obtained

That's the good news. The not-so-good news is the neighbor isn't free until March 28th. Yes, 2 and a half weeks from now.

In the meantime, the contractor is going ahead with everything else BUT the basement, which is probably flooding as I write this.

Still waiting

The excavator put in for the permit for the water line last Friday. No word yet on dates. Supposedly there are sewer/water line problems on a stretch of rt 440 on the other side of town that's taking up all the city's time, so they're backed up.
Figures.

The neverending water line saga

More waiting. The neighbors have been on board for a couple of weeks now. But the excavator is backed up until mid-March. He's going today or tomorrow to  the city to get the permit and a list of dates. That should take a few business days. Then I let the neighbors pick from one of those dates. So a vital project that began in November won't be finished until nearly April.

Demolition photos

Here are some pix. They came out pretty dark.

Front bedroom

Kitchen

back bedroom, will be expanded and bathroom added to left

Living room (that wall will be gone)

Brick chimney in bedroom