Beautiful sunny morning with temperatures barely in the 70's. Highly unusual for the last weekend of the Illinois State Fair.
Eric arrived at 820am and two inspectors from the city arrived at 830am on the dot. The man that checked the electrical was the same guy that surprised me several weeks ago, but he seemed OK today.
We went downstairs and spent about ten minutes talking about music, and the frame guy just said 'fine job' about the remodeling work, and the electrical inspector only tested to make sure that the arc-breakers were in the new addition (I'm not even sure that he was aware that there are old breakers in the bedrooms and I didn't bring it up).
The inspectors were gone in ten minutes, and Eric stayed a bit longer and filled in some details about his problems with the city. It began several years ago when he was undercutting other city roofers prices. As a general contractor he is technically allowed to bid on any job, he just can't do the work, and they never actually caught him doing the work. Eric was the focus of a 'sting' operation and sued by the city, but he was able to have the lawsuit dismissed because they couldn't prove that he had actually done any of the work.
Thankfully, the paperwork is now gone from my front window, and it will be stored in my safe.
Now I can begin the serious work of moving into the renovated area, and I hope the arc fault breakers work flawlessly. But, Lucas said not to hesitate to give him a call if they give me any problems.
By Sunday I had all of the books in the new room. The stereo was connected and the PC was hooked up. All of the shorter free-standing bookshelves have been used, and the bookcase that sat next to my bed at the condo works perfectly as the lampstand in the living room.
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