Inspections and Insulation

Forgot to mention, as of July, ready to have an electric inspection. I failed the first time through for some minor issues -- they required an outlet to be within 6' of any door on BOTH sides, so i had to add a couple of outlets (rather than move existing ones). Also, when the inspector came, I hadn't put the plates back on the recessed lights (thought he would want to see that). So, made the changes, and passed the next time through.

The basement walls were already insulated. The builder tacked on insulation directly to the contrete outer wall, by using plastic casing. So, really no need for more insulation. I did add a narrow layer at the top of the walls where it was thin (or didn't completely covered by what was there).

The framing inspection was without incident, since there were no load-bearing walls.

For cost, I purchased 2 rolls of the insulation batts. Also used some ceiling tiles for fire-stopping (required by loudoun county, fills the gaps in the ceiling between the outer-wall, and the frame wall). This and a couple of other things came out to about $100. Also, for DirectTV, paid the $120 upgrade to HD. Also had to pay the "free installation" of $80 for some custom work running the cable into the basement, and for the multi-switch. I probably could of done this myself, but didn't want to waste the time. This brought the grand-total to about $5805