June 3 Quiet week while we wait for the three inspections. Passed the plumbing inspection, however the inspector failed his driving test and chewed up our driveway in his truck on leaving. Ouch. Plumbing Inspection passed skylight is installed The Kitchen extension seen from the road. June 6 Took this photo while on my morning walkabout. Hope to get the electrical inspection tomorrow and get work resumed. The vapor shield and lathe are almost completed 15 July - Work recommenced The "Pink Panther" the insulation is ready to be installed June 15 Inspections passed. Work recommences. The stucco crew is almost finished applying the vapor layer and lath. Inside the new kitchen the insulation is ready to be added. June 17 The insulation is installed and awaits the next inspection before the drywall can be installed. The circuit breaker box which is behind where the washer and dryer will reside had to be relocated to the outside of the wall. Robert, the electrical genius managed to get all the wires back in the right place and everything seems to work as before. The power was off from about 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. NO COMPUTERS!!! The After photo. Boggles the mind. Hoo boy! What a mess! Robert carefully removes the wiring from the circuit breaker The insulation is neatly installed and ready for the drywall. Still Life Photo Essay June 25 Kelly Carkeek adding the drywall board. The room is shaping up nicely. Kelly Carkeek, drywall installed this week, cabinet installer in a few week. The drywall is being installed. The "periscope". A unique vent for the dryer. June 28 Phase one of the dry wall is complete. Next the metal corner strips, the taping and the joint compound. The scratch coat (the first of three coats) of stucco when on this AM. The scratch coat of stucco. There will be one more gray coat and then a final color coat. The north wall is assuming its final profile. The skylight dry wall took some doing on Kelly's part. June 30 Kelly and Drew are off playing golf! Vicente’s stucco crew did a really excellent job applying the second coat of stucco including under the deck. The second coat of stucco has been applied.