Electric Sticker is Here!

 We received the purple sticker of approval for the electric box.  I've notified our electrician and he's going to put in for the electric permit and inspection! 

More Priming!

 Today, hubby and I were able to get out to the house to do some more priming.  We got the first coat on the kitchen walls and did a second coat and some cutting in on the hall bath walls.  We also had a neighbor help us finish installing the hall bath toilet (just need to put on the toilet seat!) and figure out that it's the master toilet flapper gasket, not the flapper itself, that's causing the leak.  So we'll have to get a new gasket for it.  If that doesn't end up working, we'll just replace the whole toilet with one that's like the hall bath.  But we're trying the cheaper fix first.

Hopefully we'll hear about approval soon - I'd love to have it this week!  We'll see!  It would be so much easier to do all this work while in the house so we're not having to make so many trips.  Please, Lord, let it be soon!

Short Day of Work

 Yesterday, I ran out to the house to check and see if the master toilet was leaking through the flapper.  I got some food dye, added it to the tank, and left it for a bit while I sanded the few spots I'd re-mudded in the kitchen and master bath sink area.  When I came back, there was dye in the bowl, telling us it was indeed a flapper leak.  So now I gotta buy another flapper and hope it doesn't leak too.

Before

After

I also set about installing the new longer water supply line in the hall bath, which I got on just fine, but the bowl and tank need to be secured to each other better so they don't leak.  Thankfully, our neighbors have agreed to help us with that, probably this weekend when we get out there again.  We still need to finish priming the hall bath, and then start on the kitchen and master bath.  We got the paint colors for the whole house, ready and waiting!

Second Coat of Bathroom Primer

 Hubby and I returned to the house today while Max hung out with my mom and sister for the afternoon.  We picked up all the paint for the whole house on the way!  We also brought another car load of boxes, which will probably be our last load until we rent a moving truck for the rest of our stuff.  We don't want too many boxes in the way while we're painting but we needed a bit more space to move around in the old apartment.  

When we got to the house, we unloaded everything, I started touching up a few drywall spots that needed more mud, and hubby went under the house to tape up a section under the water heater than had come loose.  Then we got to work putting on another coat of primer in the hall bathroom, and adding a coat where there hadn't been one before.  The bathroom already looks much improved!  We still need to cut in around the edges/doors/counter/cabinet, but we had to head out to pick up Max since it was already 6 and he was getting clingy/fussy.  I also took off the old water line for the hall bath toilet since it was too short - I then ordered the new one and the bolt caps for underneath, which I'll pick up tomorrow.  

Hopefully we can get back out there soon to do more work.  And we're praying we hear from the inspector/movers this week about the approval.