Wrapping it Up (kinda)

This week, the house is getting wrapped with Tyvek, windows and doors going in and required fire sprinkler system going in. The water from the hydrant is only 5 PSI and they need 30. So that means an extra $17,000 for a sprinkler system with a 300 gallon tank and pump in the garage. The positive side is that IF there’s ever a fire, there is an average of $40k LESS damage if you have a sprinkler system. Also, I never have to buy emergency water because I’ll have 300 GALLONS in the effing garage. I don’t honestly know if it’s drinkable, but I’m trying to find a silver lining.

I also received the cabinet layout for the kitchen. I asked them to remove the cabinets above the range hood and to see if they can give me at least an inch on each side as I’m planning to build a custom hood cover.

In other news, my Shed Chateau was delivered this week. The end goal is to make this a guest house. I have a lot of hoops to jump through and with the extra expense of said fire sprinkler system, I’m not sure how quickly I will be able to make it happen. At a minimum, I’m hoping to have electrical and internet to the shed so I can work from there while the kid is in school, if there is school. Would cut out two hours commuting to an hour.

It’s pretty amazing how they bring in these buildings. They use a mule to pull it into place. This one is a 12 x 36 (4 ft of porch). The back end has a 9ft loft and 4 ft loft over the porch for extra storage. I got this from shedgal.com who is a distributor of Graceland Portable buildings.