yo, ding-dong, man, ding-dong, ding-dong, yo
woohoo! the last of the known electrical fire hazards has been removed. they abandoned the wiring going to the problematic light socket down in the laundry room and ran new wiring there from a more reasonable location. which means we also have power to the doorbell now. not that it really matters since we won't be moving in for several more weeks, but it's just nice to know that one of the first things i started fixing as soon as we got the house can now be marked "done". i had way too much fun standing outside and ringing the doorbell.
electrical inspector came and passed everything. we made sure the door to the studio space was closed so that he wouldn't be tempted to look in there and see the mess of code violations which are going to be removed within 48 hours anyway.
i ran through the building plans with the electricians and ran my electrical plans past them to make sure everything's cool. all junction boxes are going to be surface-mounted in the rooms to minimize the number and size of openings in the drywall. this will help cut down on sound leakage.
lighting is going to be all track lighting. i've had a few people recommend doing halogen lights, but i read in one or two places that halogens can generate interference sort of like fluorescents, but to a lesser degree. i've had a few people now (including the electricians) tell me that's not the case, so i may go ahead with the halogens. i definitely want the ability to have bright lighting when people need it, but also have the ability to do darker mood lighting for situations when people prefer that.
i need to figure out whether i'm going to just poke a couple of holes in the drywall and run conduit to everything, or do what the elecricians proposed, which is to run drops behind the walls and just poke a hole through the drywall behind where things are going to be surface mounted. the latter will be much cheaper, but i have to think that through and make sure that's not going to be opening up too many holes. i guess i can always do a hybrid, worst case.