This morning, the HVAC contractors from Bonanza Heating and Air Conditioning put in all the registers and covered the return vents. Here's a picture of the register in the master bedroom ceiling.

And here is the register in the floor of the breakfast nook.

Ekrem was also there. He started to hook up the sump pump in the back yard, but he had a question for Brad about the battery backup. I think that's why it's not completed yet.

He also fixed the lower courtyard lights (after he had put in the light fixtures a few days ago, the lights could not be turned off -- none of the switches seemed to be connected to them). He also fixed some 3-way light switches in the basement.

Troy trimmed down all the doors in the carpeted areas. The doors were rubbing on the bottom due to the thickness of the carpet and pad. And Rob continued installing hardware for the pocket doors.

Later in the afternoon, a truck from Sunnyvale Lumber delivered our fiberglass front door and hardware. At first I thought they had made a mistake and sent us the wrong door because the door looked like it was wooden. But after freaking out Brad, I realized that it was indeed the correct door. Our door has a wooden core with a laminated fiberglass exterior.

I stopped by Murray Engineers this morning and William told me the soils letter still needed to be reviewed. I left him my number and asked him to call me when it was ready. Well, two minutes after I had left, he called and said he made a mistake -- the letter was ready. I told him to have someone drop it off at the job site before noon. By the time I made it to the job site, the letter had already been delivered to Brad.

Phil had a large crew working there this morning. They were busy caulking, cutting, touching up, and painting. Troy didn't show up, but Rob was there. He was installing some of the locks for the pocket doors.

I did some more work on the home automation system today.

I saw Brad at the job site this morning. He has a public works inspection scheduled for tomorrow, but he needs the final letter from Murray Engineers indicating that the project complied with their report and recommendations. Hopefully they can get that letter to him in time.

I spent some time working on the home automation system -- mounting components and wiring them together. For more details see my new blog: http://automating-the-new-house.blogspot.com.

Tony and his crew from The Wood Floor Company were at the job site finishing up their last coat on the floors this morning. Here's a picture of Tony screening the floor.

They also installed reducer strips wherever there is an uneven transition or threshold in the flooring.

And they carefully masked off the carpets on the stairs.

Later in the afternoon we returned to the job site and hung up the house address. That's one of the requirements for the final inspection.

Liam was back today to finish installing the inverter and AC disconnect switch for the solar panels.

Everything is hooked up now and ready to go. I think they just need an inspection and then we can power it up.

The carpet installers finished up the basement. Here are pictures of the basement playroom and the upstairs hallway.

Dave, one of the electricians from CBE Electric came and finished installing light fixtures. He put in the stairway lights for the lower courtyard, and he installed the front entry light and the three pendant lights above the kitchen island.

Fred and Eddie, from Details, were back to finish installing the kitchen range. There was an issue with the location of the electrical outlet for the range -- it was preventing the range from being pushed all the way back against the wall -- causing there to be a 2" gap behind the range! I told them to work with the electrician and come up with a way to fix the problem. In the end, I think they removed the plug and hard-wired the oven.

They also finished installing the washer and dryer in the laundry room.

In the evening, around 6 PM, I returned to the job site to make sure the house had been secured. Well, it turned out that aside from the front door and garage doors, all the other doors in the house were either open or unlocked! Sheesh!

Now that Brad is back, the job site started buzzing with activity again.

Details the installers for Standards of Excellence arrived this morning with all of our appliances. They started the installation with the 600 lb SubZero refrigerator.

By the end of the afternoon, they had installed the drink refrigerator, dishwasher, range hood, convection oven, microwave, and warming drawer.

Tomorrow they'll be back to install the range, washing machine and dryer.

Floors To Go was also there this morning. They began their carpet installation by nailing down the tack strips and laying out the carpet backing throughout the house.

Then they used the driveway to cut pieces of carpet to size and lugged them into each of the rooms.

They installed most of the upstairs carpets by the mid-afternoon. They'll also be back tomorrow to finish their work.

SolarCity arrived later in the afternoon to install the last parts of the photovoltaic system: the inverter and the AC and DC disconnect switches. Here's a picture of Liam (left) and Thomas working on the DC disconnect switch.

Once the inverter is hooked up and powered on, we'll be generating electricity!

Brad said the hardwood flooring contractors will come out on Saturday to finish buffing and sealing the floors. He wants to let it set for two days. Then Phil and his painters will come on Tuesday to do some touch-up work. And Troy will also come to finish some odds and ends. Brad wants to have the final inspection sometime next week after he gets public works and the fire marshal to sign off on the project.

Brad was back on the job this morning, having returned from his vacation a couple of days ago. He gave me the run down for the next week:

• carpets will be installed on Thursday and Friday
• appliances will be installed on Thursday
• floors will be buffed and finished early next week, probably Monday

Other than the punch-list we'll be giving him, he wants to be completely done by the end of next week!

On that note, he wants us to get Mendoza Landscaping started on the side-yard fences so that all of the temporary fencing can be removed -- one of the requirements prior to the final inspection.

While I was at the job site talking with Brad, I helped him install all the hand cranks on the Andersen Windows.

When I returned home, I called CB Showers, to pay an invoice and mentioned the problem with the master shower door. They said they'll go out to fix it, so I told them to call Brad and schedule a time.

I also called SolarCity. They'll come out on Friday morning to install the inverter and the DC cut-off switch.

Later in the afternoon, I returned to the job site and installed the first piece of our home automation system -- the Elk M1G controller.