Yesterday we visited a house under construction and saw first hand the type of windows we are seriously considering. We opened and closed each type of window, measured and imagined how our windows would work and look in our house. We liked what we saw, but it also became clear we needed to make some fairly big changes to our design. A phone call from the engineer in the early afternon mandated a few more changes based on structural reqirements. This house is no ordinary space and typical rules do not apply.

Much of my working time today was spent changing, reviewing, and checking the window and door schedule thre times over. Changes at a later point will be very exensive and are to be avoided if possible.

Tomorrow we'll review the list one last time, then go to the window place and go over things one last time. Then it is time to pull the trigger and go on to the next item on the list.

Tomorrow the engineer will stamp the completed drawings and we head down to city hall to see about the building permit at long last.

Then we can build for real.

-grampa dan