Beginning Inspections

Afternoon! Happy Saturday! I can’t believe it’s May already, this year is flying by as I put in all my daylight hours to the café, part time job, or household responsibilities. Today I’m drinking some tea, and we just made our tea order with Hugo, who do some absolutely fantastic tea. I’ve got to hold myself to our basic menu necessities here as our wire is down to the budget, but if I could I’d be ordering one of everything haha.

This week it’s been all hands on deck

We’re wrapping on installations for everything behind the bar, in the bathroom, and even in the ceiling! So I’ve been there to direct where things go and give input, pivoting as needed. I’ve also had to buy a few small parts as my plans from over a year ago show cracks here and there. For example, the handles I bought for my 3 compartment sink, don’t fit! So I had to run to a few different hardware stores to make those connections in time for our plumbing inspection later that day. Then Sometimes wires cross between inspections, but they still go one at a time. For example we need hot water to be compliant for plumbing, but we need electric to complete it’s portion to have that hot water! So that pushes things back as we coordinate between hands.

That said, it’s been super productive.

We’ve now got the bathroom 90% complete, we’ve got shelves below the bar, we’ve got running water and drain lines, we’ve got a working mop sink! I haven’t had a mop sink in most places i’ve worked at until now, we’ve had to use the regular sink or the outside ground! Which is gross! So I’m stoked about that! I’d say for the most part, everything we’ve planned has came together as expected, and even though it’s taken a long time, we’re nearly there!

So this week, we’ll pretty much be done.

I can’t say for certain whether we’ll get through inspections, but so far so good! Back to work! Talk to you next Saturday! Or maybe sooner! - Elias