Permits

I finally got my septic permit, having spent months of time and about 1,500 bucks to prove that the leach field could hadle the increase flow of the new bathroom, since we'll be, uhm, flushing the toilet more often and taking more showers now that we'll have an extra room to do it in.

It could have been worse, though. The first engineering firm said we'd have to do a whole new perc test, which would have included a backhoe on site and all that entails. They bid $5,600 for the job. Thankfully, the other guy didn't think that would be necessary, and managed to convince the state the same thing.

I'm just waiting on the town for the building permit now, and I've spoken to the zoning guy enough times that I don't think there are any additional hurdles there. He just has to get to it, which he said he'd do within the next few days.

Unfortunately, the delay has sent my contractor on to another project, which is going to take about three more weeks. Assuming it really does, we'll be starting in early July, which is only a month late. I'm hoping that by late fall we'll be able to move into the new addition, which will more than double the square footage of our living space.