Several months ago the phone company, Verizon, dropped off a spool of cable weighing several hundred pounds. Chris built a spool caddy and waited. At long last, the nearest neighbor granted an easement to the nearest utility pole, a date was set for electrical service installation, Chris dug the trench with his father-in-law, National Grid installed the electric cables — and yesterday Chris unwound the cable the length of the trench.
Category Archives: BUILDING A PASSIVE HOUSE
Window casings complete
Painting planks, night shift
Chis primed the window parts, working late into the night. They were immediately consumed for carpentry the next day. A generator powered the lights but electrical service is coming soon.
Building exterior window trim
Nick from Bill Stratton Building Company acquired clear 5/4″ pine from locally-owned Ghent Wood Products. Above, Nick builds the exterior casings for the windows.
National Grid arrives with our primary electric service
Trenches inspected and approved
National Grid is scheduled to lay out primary electrical service cable tomorrow.
Attaching porch roof ledger boards
Roof soffit finishing
Roof soffits created with 6″ wide tongue and groove planks with the flat side exposed.
Relocating frogs from our utility trench
Twenty frogs have been relocated to the grandparents’ pond.
Digging the electric service trench
Chris and Ted (Susan’s father) are digging 1,387 feet of trenching to reach our nearest utility pole.