Month: November 2022

Plumbing, HVAC and Windows

There has been some progress since our last blog post. Not as much as we would like to have seen, but we are learning this is the norm here in Las Cruces. If you are building a custom home, it is going to take a year. Period. The trades are all busy and if you make them mad they can just walk away and find work elsewhere. Our builder is walking a fine line to get work done in a timely manner without making the subcontractors mad.

Plumbing! This is the laundry room. You have to get it right the first time. There is NO basement here to go into to fix plumbing issues.
All the duct work is in (not sure why I took this particular picture, but it does show a duct!). The air conditioner / heat pump will be on the roof and is not installed yet.
Windows! This is the master bedroom.
Great room windows, but no sliding glass door yet.
On our garage deck/roof, you can see the canales have been installed. If you look at the parapet, you can see the vertical aluminum square with an opening in it. This is used instead of gutters in the southwest for roof water runoff when it rains.
We have been busy looking at granite to find something to coordinate with our cabinet colors.
Finally, we just signed a contract to get solar panels (this is a mock-up, not the real deal). It will be a large system capable of powering the whole house.

Electrical install should start this week. Jim spent a lot of time coordinating between the electrician and the solar installer to make sure things are wired up correctly.

Progress is being made.