A loud, wet and productive day

Woke up to a very cloudy sky and by the time the crew started arriving a gentle mist turned into showers. The rain didn't last very long and it certainly didn't stop Dave, Justo and Corey from getting busy on the deck.

The plumber also arrived early and went right to work on the guest house. A bit later, Tony the sales rep from the plumbing company arrived and we went over some issues in the BBQ room. The first plumbing company had specced an on-demand tankless water heater for the kitchen island and we were confused about how we were getting hot water to the half bath. Turns out this plumbing company had specced the tankless water heater specifically for the half bath and also specced a mini tank for under the island sink. Ok, that's resolved. But then we were told they specced the Toto wall mounted toilet and we're pretty sure we told them we had decided not to go with the Toto but rather a Duravit in-wall tank combined with an Icera toilet. We later emailed Tony and asked if we could get a complete copy of all of the fixtures planned for the BBQ room and guest house so we could review them before they get ordered. We have a funny feeling that most of the fixtures have already been ordered. We're hoping the communication between the contractor and subcontractors AND US gets better soon.

Scott the electrician and his boss Jerry also showed up before the rain stopped and got to work on the BBQ room. We went over all of our sharpie drawings on the wall and, following their advice, decided to move a few of the outlets. John Laughton also stopped by with a sample of the LED puck lights he wants to use and he and Scott quickly were on the same page for the lighting on the four shelves connecting the tall cabinets behind the island. No issues with these guys.

Things were pretty noisy all morning with three different crews working their power tools. But things got a lot noisier shortly after noon when the sky above us was filled with military jets practicing for this weekend's Salinas Air Show. The Salinas Valley Airport is almost directly across the valley from Steinback Mountain and most of the jets leave the airport and circle the valley making their turns back to the show right in front of our house. Although we don't get to see all of their stunts up close, we certainly get to see (and hear) the jets very close. We're thinking the best views will be from the hot tub on the deck next year….

At the end of the work day, the deck was more than half finished and it looks really good. The Tombleson crew are all very impressed with the Plyboo product and we're very confident we made the right choice. And the doors for the guest house arrived!