I emailed the PM with a few items I noticed and a day later they were all fixed. He really is on top of it whenever I bring something to his attention. On the negative, I did get a "reminder" that I'm not supposed to be in the house w/o an employee for safety reasons. I am going to try my best...
- Plumbing seems to be mainly done. Maybe a few items left. Hot water heater isn't in place yet.
- Guardian did their wiring install today. I met them there this morning and marked all the drop locations and they were supposed to be done today. The come back later to install plugs, plates and their panel.
- Electricians were there this morning when I met with Guardian. They were great. Confirmed locations of a few extra outlets, switches, etc. The original panel location now has a water pipe above it (Sump Pump drain) which is a horrible idea. Backup plan was garage wall, which works a lot better for me. I was going to have to frame around the old location when I finish under the morning room as an office. Now there is nothing to worry about. Plus it will be a lot easier to install a generator transfer switch with the panel closer to the outside.
- The electricians also helped me out by drilling a hole through a stud above the fireplace. This will allow me to fish my HDMI cables down to the guardian drop with everything hidden. Sometime next week I am going to try to do a post on my AV/security/wiring/etc plans. I basically got the minimum from guardian and I am either going wireless or self install on a lot of it.
I just watched a This Old House video about the generator transfer switch this last weekend. Is this what you are looking to get? (scene 2 in the video)
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I am pretty sure that is the exact same one, or a very similar model. My dad just installed one and says it is easy enough. Min the 4 years I have lived here there have been 3 outages of a week or more. I don't have a generator yet, but I'm determined to be prepared at the new house.
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