Baby Steps

Finalllly! Some construction has begun. The drama with the electric company still goes on but I am being assured that we are on the list and will have 3 phase electric shortly. In the time being we are going to start to get the building ready. Everything needs to be rewired and the plumbing needs to be upgraded.

 First off I had the floor installed. As I said in a previous post we went with the DUR A FLEX poly crete system. DMA contracting installed it and did an excellent job thanks Domenick & Domenick!

 

Now we have to get the framing on the walls and then the building inspector has to give the ok. Who knows how freakin long that will take.

Now that the floor is in I am working on getting all of the major equipment scheduled for delivery. Another obstacle being that most of it wont fit through the door. Luckily the contractor has access to a fork lift. When the deliveries arrive we will remove the front window and place everything inside, But before this happens the hood must go in and before this happens the building inspector must check out the wall framing and before this I may go insane.

Since the upstairs is tied with with red tape bullshit the walk in box is being delivered and installed in the basement. Of course there was some issues. The plumber didn't remove some pipes and some other stuff had to be done (my fault for assuming the contractor knew what he was doing) So they have to come back later in the week to finish.

I did as much baking as we could at the house and I did not want to tackle more involved items(sponge cakes etc..). I found a place that rents commercial kitchen space in Hawethorne http://hesperidesorganica.com/kitchens.htm. So now twice a week we are going over there to do some recipe testing. Its not perfect but there is a good amount of space, walk in fridge & freezer, 20 qt mixer, speed racks and plenty of work tables.

 Another great thing is  I can store everything there all week so now I can get all of the dry storage items out of my dining room

 

 

Working on a tiramisu torte ( not perfect but getting there)