Wiring, Plumbing and Framing......and a few other things

See?  I told you we would have ducting again.  Much slimmer and huge the ceiling more so we can feel less claustrophobic in our kitchen.  Aside from the ducting, you can see that we have started running the new electrical, finished most of the framing and rough plumbing as well.

Here is a view form the master through the bathroom to the living room again.  Starting to get a bit harder to see through all the stuff. That blue tape on the left will be a new window in the master bedroom as of next week ( I hope )

Right at the end of the kitchen, before you get to the garage door, we have install a nook for a stacked washer and dryer.  Directly behind it from this view, will be a run of kitchen cabinets all the way to the dining room.

This is the back side of the in wall toilet for the guest bathroom.  It backs up to one of the kitchen walls, and you see the old sunken recess for the previos shower stall. I think we may keep the sunken shower floor for the new shower, since the room itself is so small.  Every little bit helps !

Finally, we have a new opening in the roof for the addition of an evaporative cooler to be installed at a later date.  For those of you who have never heard of an evaporative cooler  ( or swamp cooler ) they are a very energy efficient way to cool your home here in the desert.  Basically, water is pumped through a large pad and air is pulled through the pad by a blower.  This cooled air is pumped through the house using the same A/C venting currently installed.  The electricity requirements are a fraction of what a traditional A/C unit would cost and you actually get some humidified air thrown into the house as a benefit.  It doesn't work in the later part of the summer when the dew point increases, but it can really offset your electrical bill during the warm months.