It feels good to get some real construction rolling in there!

Electrical

The building owner's electrician pulled the conductors to our electrical panel Monday, and today the electrical panel went in and it's LIVE!! woohoo! This is the last major step remaining for him to deliver the space to us, everything else is cosmetic! As of today, the rent timebomb is ticking, so we're really gonna start moving now!

We've also signed a deal with an electrician (Dave Anderson from Anderson's Integrity Electric) and he's ready to start working!

Floors

back space taped off while the epoxy sets

We got the floors started. The back space is getting an epoxy resin coating over the concrete, so our floor guy (Alan Smith - Your Floor Guy, who I really like working with!) had a crew in working on that. We had some issues with the temperature (the finish got a little frosted) but he's working through it like a pro.

He also got the majority of the main floor ground, and it looks really nice. We're going with a pretty coarse grind, to provide as much traction as we can for wet-footed dogs with back problems. We'll have carpet tiles down in a lot of the space anyway, but where the floor remains exposed, it will have this groovy circular swirl pattern ground in.

Now that we have electricity, we should be able to start the HVAC system up and heat the space, so Alan can get in and finish filling cracks, and sealing the floor!

circular grind pattern in the concrete throughout the whole space

Plumbing

As Kristin already noted, the toilet drain is in and covered, and the vent stack is in for the toilet and the bathroom/kitchen/hallway sinks (that's the black pipe sticking up in those pictures from the last post - those will be inside walls when we're done).

We've also selected a plumber - Terry Massey, who repiped our entire house a few years ago, and did a great job. We're looking forward to working with him too - he's a nice guy, and a great plumber. 

HVAC

Our first shiny new supply duct is up!

We've contracted Eastside Heating and Air Conditioning to do the HVAC installation - they come highly recommended by Rose City Veterinary Hospital, and they've been great to work with so far. They were scheduled to start work Monday, but one of their main guys was out sick, plus they got a couple emergency calls they needed to attend to - but even still, they at least managed to get all the supplies for the job out to the site, and unloaded in our space (lots of shiny metal spiral ducts, cooool), so this morning they were ready to roll... they got the main drops in from the supply and return, and put in the main supply duct which runs the whole length of the space.

but most importantly...

SCISSOR LIFT (yeehah!)

Lots of the contractors will need this, so I rented it for a while. They'll need it to hang the ductwork, run the ceiling electrical and light fixtures, plus we'll need it for painting up high. Mostly though, I just wanted to play with it and drive it around. Starr Rentals here in Portland promised it at 8am Monday, and the guy was already there, with the lift unloaded on the sidewalk at 5 minutes to 8 when I got there - early?!? are you kidding me? That was pretty refreshing. I'm not expecting it to happen again for months.

I've been dying to sit up on these beams! (click the picture to open a larger version)

The scissorlift is also good for taking aerials (click the picture to open a larger version)