Don't want to think? Learn a trade!

One thing you learn about the various trades, is that they don't think things through. They don't think about what someone else will have to do if they don't do things right, or if they mess something up and someone else will have to return to correct their mess.

This is an example. The electrician raised his box (between the door and the window on the right) above the level of the foam so the stucco guys could put banding around the box. He was thinking. The stucco guys didn't do that, so now they have to come back and remedy that situation.
Here's a second example, except this time it's slightly different.

The electrical box here was put half way between the stone and the stucco. The problem is, a band had to go around the door, and that band covers half of the box. Because the light fixture has to sit flush, the box has to be moved, and a piece of a band has to be put around it.


Here's an example of duelling construction codes.

The electrician put his wires for the generator plug and the a/c through the wall, and positioned them according to the electrical code. However, according to the gas people, there can be no source of ignition (such as a plug, or an air conditioner compressor) within 1 meter of a gas regulator. Why isn't this reflected in the electrical code? Now the wires have to be moved!

This photo shows that the arch transom window in the office has been replaced (it cracked on Christmas Eve) and the new curtains - with grommets!