We had the solar panels installed a couple of weeks ago. In addition to the above 8kW set of panels, we have another 6.5kW in two areas on the front of our house. Initially, we were going to install it all, but we decided to scale back a bit for a couple of reasons ToRead more about Solar![…]
The solar installers installed half the solar array this week. We decided to only do half now as we want to be sure we can use all the production, and it saves us a little money up front. That’s 8kW installed and room for another 6.5 kW on the other side, with mounts already installed.Read more about Solar[…]
Now that we have low and high voltage utilities connected to the power pole, the next step is trenching for water and gas, and to run utilities out to our pool house. For starters, take a look at the point at which the utilities go into our house. Holy cow! There are the four linesRead more about Whole-lotta trenching going on[…]
Other than a few small areas, the insulation is nearly complete, and passed inspection a couple of days ago. We are using post-consumer recycled fiberglass insulation. The small secitons you see at the top on this wall are fireproof insulation to provide a fire block so a fire can’t travel from the attic into theRead more about Insulation update[…]
Add another crew to the ant farm we have going at the new house. The insulation team is on site and applying spray foam to the underside of the roof. There were here about a month ago, insulating the part of the roof that became inaccessible once we sheathed the roof, and now they areRead more about Spray foam insulation[…]
I was surprised when I saw the extent to which they dug footings for the foundation. A quick review of the foundation plans shows that there are quite a few load bearing walls in the basement that require footings. We are still scrambling to nail down the details of all the plumbing that will needRead more about Foundation footings – planning for future efficiency and conservation[…]