Today we passed our big inspection — electrical, plumbing, gas, and mechanical (venting). This was after not passing (some might say failing) it the first time on Fri. The things we had to fix were amazingly trivial and arbitrary. I am becoming convinced that the inspection process is a bit ridiculous, but we are playing along and happy to be through this huge step. The next time we have an inspection, it will be for an occupancy permit. Hurray.

We had a big day of work today on many fronts. I began work on our interior doors, which will be wood like the battery house door. Brad worked on the pressure pump, and we got to see it running for the first time. Pretty cool. (Pictures and video to come.)

Mid-day, I got Mr. Brad’s Wild Ride atop a huge stack of styrofoam sheeting in the back of the truck. Gale force winds made transporting this difficult, but it is now finally in storage, freeing up much needed space in the house.

We also got a delivery of sheetrock today. (For those of you who don’t know, sheetrock is the large pieces of drywall that go on the walls. This is exciting because it is a step that is close to the finish. Just paint, cabinets, and stuff like that after that.)

The pallets were taken off a truck with a forklift and put outside the house. Later in the day, Brad and I moved all of it into the house by hand. We estimated that it was over 6,000 pounds of sheetrock. I figure that was the equivalent of a good 24 Hour Fitness workout. I think we’ll sleep tonight despite the wind.