Grease Traps bb

 Good morning! It’s the last Saturday of February and I’m getting psyched. Eating a king cake doughnut for Mardi Gras from Good Dough, drinking an awesome Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Vagabond Coffee. Having a good drip makes my whole weekend better, for real. Listening to some Courtney Barnett records and going over the budget again for this month.  

We got hit a little bit on the budget for new construction 

Like I said last week, we had some changes to make mid-work as a result of the previous tenants weird build out. Which meant architect revisions, concrete digging, new plumbing, etc.

This is something I expected, especially since our relatively low construction estimate left room for new work orders down the line. Thankfully it wasn’t very much more, and I should be able to handle it. 

We we’re pretty much exactly on track financially before this change, so I’m picking up some part time work and looking at another small loan to cover my butt.

I also got to learn about grease traps this week

I was led to believe by the Internet and others I worked with until now that I wouldn’t need a grease trap. Talking to the FOG (fat oils and greases) specialist at JEA (our local utilities company), because milk is a fat, I will need one under our three compartment sink.

Grease traps are measured in a couple ways, but in our case it’s by sink capacity and flow rate for our dish sink where waste is drained. We’re going with a tiny under-counter sized sink, and so our capacity is tiny. But it still requires a surprisingly hefty trap. I was able to speak with someone at the city who was super helpful within the week, which for city offices is super fast haha. 

That’s all for now, thanks for reading and have a great week! It’s been hot out there so take care of yourself and drink lots of water with your coffee! - Elias