In the Rough

This past week a fair amount of work was done on the plumbing rough—so much so that our contractor, Lew, has decided it's time to call in for our "rough inspection". For those of you not in the know, the "rough" is the piping that happens behind the walls. What you see (the faucets, the Hot and Cold knobs) is called the "trim". As we have already found out, the rough is what costs so much—especially for the thermostatic shower controls. The thermostatic valve is what controls the Hot versus Cold water in your shower. ANYWAY, enough with the plumbing lesson and back to the rough inspection. This is when some person who oversees plumbing (presumably for the city) comes to check your plumbing roughing to see if it meets requirements. If you pass, then you can move on to covering up the roughing, and put walls up over all the pipes. Then fun really starts—TILING! And since all our tiles have already arrived, they are lying in wait...