General Contractor started today

Well, today was a good day. The general contractor started, and I think things will move much more quickly now. After we met for a bit in the morning, he spent the day removing the subfloor in the bathroom. It is really damaged, and the whole bath can be redone with just two sheets of plywood, so we both agreed it was good to rip it all out and redo it.

The electrician was here as well working on the low-voltage wiring (cable tv, network, phone, speakers). C was there at 8 a.m. and worked with him until 10 when he left to go to work. I worked with the electrician after that. He finished the wiring before lunch, and it looks good. This was one job I'm really glad we hired out. He was so much faster than us, and had all the tools to do the job right. Just cutting through drywall was so much faster for him since he had the appropriate saw.

This is a nasty piece of plywood from the bathroom floor. You can see how discolored it is, mostly from water damage and mold.


C printed labels for each end of every cable. With so many cables running through the house, it could easily get confusing.

This is the bathroom with most of the floor removed.


This is where the hub for the wiring is - it will be fed into a metal box and connected together.