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Weekly Update

Framing - The guys showed up a couple of days this week and put on even more exterior metal shear straps. (This house has more underwire support than Madonna.) Carlos was here on Saturday and Sunday and built the walls in the bathrooms so that the plumbers can start tomorrow. They also replaced the joist that the plumbers cut two weeks ago....At this point the framing is about 98% done.

Inspection - We had our shear inspection on Friday...He called out a couple of minor things to change, nothing major...Our framer is darn slow, but he is good..(according to the inspector.)

This week: The plumbers start tomorrow..

Next week: The electricians start next week.....

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