Fun with wires

Last week was a busy one. We had 3 inspections: the rough-in electrical, framing and mechanical. We failed all but the mechanical. We started the week with the highly anticipated electrical. Mr. County inspector man arrived annoyed from a previous failed “home owner” inspection, but in the end was impressed that we tackled the job ourselves. We ended up failing the inspection, just as we planned (no smoke detector circuit), but it was a good fail with pretty easy fixes. We worked hard during the week and over the weekend to finish and correct what needed to be done for the re-inspection. We hadn't wired any of our switch boxes, only the outlets, so we put our fingers to work and twisted away. We also ran some additional circuits. We should be ready to call the inspector back out by the end of the week. The wires in the switch boxes began to take on the appearance of octopus'. Who knows, maybe the smiley face will help with the re-inspection. We have one final task left – to find steel plates to cover our routered channels. We'll be venturing to a steel yard this week with Uncle Sam in search of what we need. We will be beside ourselves when the rough-in electrical is complete. We get giddy just talking about being done with it.