This morning, the electricians and plumbers started working in the section of the house that will become our daughter's new quarters. I went to meet with them and the architect at noon. The electricians and plumbers had been at work since 8:00. Exactly 4 hours. In that space of time, they had made all the electricity tracks and plumbing tracks for the entire apartment, (five bedrooms, six bathrooms kitchen, dining room, studies and family room). They were done. The house is mortar and stones, the inner walls are either made of terracotta bricks or stone covered with mortar. I thought it would take weeks to dig the channels for electrical wires (ceiling lights, wall sockets commutator etc) Granted six guys were working at the same time.
They were using specialized grinders that used an inch-wide diamond blade that cut a channel a foot a minute. All that is left is to link the different rooms and pass the wires. This was today Monday, unless there is a problem they say they will be done on Friday. Seriously, the wires will have been mortared in the trenches, the switch boxes installed and the wall socket boxes mortared in to.
The lead electrician said to me, that the reason it looks daunting is that the rooms are large, but cutting a 5-foot or a 20-foot trench takes almost the same amount of time because what is long is the setup. The plumber was funny, he was installing new pex pipes that are not cut, there are only two fittings on each pipe, at the distribution point and at the tap.
Unbelievable
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