The electrician came back Saturday morning and worked for a few hours cleaning up some more of the wiring nightmare. He's ordering new equipment this week, and agreed to move everything from the two breaker boxes into one ... something the other guy just simply didn't want to do.
The Wife and the boy started disassembling the basement kitchen and removing paneling from the walls while I was outside "tractoring." Ended up being more of just her doing it, which was little surprise. Good thing she enjoys doing that kind of stuff.
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HVAC guy was there that morning, too, and will be ordering new higher-efficiency compressor and air handler this week as well. He's also going to change some of the duct work, and add more returns.
Carpenter said he's finishing up a couple of other jobs, and expects to start within the next couple of weeks. Looks like "Phase 2" is pretty much underway now.