House70 change done!
Right after I posted my comments for the day yesterday, August 30, 2023, Glenn called from West Side Electric. They could do the dedicated electric circuit for the main air conditioner this morning! I did a message to Vajra and they were ok with this, so it was scheduled. After 9 a.m. Patrick showed up, I showed him the panel, the mostly standing crawl space and the living room.
Apparently he went right to work and added a yellow electrical cable under the house and up to a new connector under the air conditioner. He lined it up right under where the A/C cable exited the A/C, not the center of the window. Oh well. It works.
To do this he installed new breakers: one which moved a lightweight circuit to a double 20 amp breaker, the other which had 20 amp service to the AC, along with a spare circuit.
Patrick left without contacting me, but Sterling came over to show me.
I noticed the outlet which we were using for the AC had no cover, so I vowed to get one and install it that day.
Meanwhile work on the backroom was underway. Fuzz worked hard to complete the north side wall and north inside corner and finished up shortly after 5 p.m. Bruce completed five or six stringers up to the platform on the stoop and erected some temporary treads and platform so we could use it. They need to get the "Trex" composite boards to finish the stoop. Bruce already has the lumber to complete the handrails, but for now they have yellow tape there.
Fuzz explained to me that she had cut the metal grids and inserted them at all of the vent holes. All that remains for siding is to add one more course at the top of the east wall, but cut around the vent holes. It is a difficult task to do it, so they didn't rush into that.
With the Labor Day week ahead and rain in the forecast, they packed up their tools and put a tarp over the roof.
Good thing, it has been raining this morning!
The plumber also came by, but after 3 p.m. As I have a 3 p.m. meeting, I wasn't able to visit with Eddy. He left his pvc glue and there were no doors for the Air Vents. We can buy those later: they cost about 25 dollars each.
I wrote my check for the balance and put it in the mail for pick-up to-day.
Work was difficult because of the eyestrain.
While I wanted to take a nap, I realized I needed to take care of the outlet plate. Went to Ace Hardware to get a deadbolt, a door knob and an outlet plate. I purchased the door knob and plastic outlet plate and came home to purchase the matching two key deadbolt (for delivery next Wednesday to Ace). Upon return, though, I first went to House70 to install the plate. I borrowed a long bit for a screw driver and a flashlight. The outlet still had screws for the previous plate which somehow had been lost. I removed those old screws, tightened the outlet screws to the box, then added the new plate with its new screws.
I heated and ate left-over macaroni and cheese and we watched Ahsoka episode 3, Rabbit Hole episode 3 and the Dr. Who episode about a resurrected Dalek who controls two people before being ejected into space by the Doctor.
This morning I had a dream that I was a professor at a University who had somehow amassed quite a record of achivements there without really trying...and was robbed while distracted by a downtown bathroom hostage situation that involved a gun.
I had wrestled the guy with the gun who had been threatening a tied up man in a chair, and ended up firing the gun at parts of the bathroom away from people. Yet through all of these I lost track of my bag. Everyone got out safe, the gun shots brought the police who took away the supposed kidnappers, but robbers managed to pull out every device (camera, phone, mouse) from my bag except for one: a mini-computer that looked too weird to the thief.
I woke up thinking that my mini-computer might be treated the same because the battery acide had ruined it cosmetically. Is it worth it to make things ugly to dissuade theives? I suppose if it was a proven deterrant and theft was commonplace.
Anyway, I begin to-day with no responsibilities other than to clean the cat litter, wash dishes and, once presented with the bill, pay for the electrical work. The Labor Day weekend begins...well, almost. I hope to finish things at work now without interruptions.
Apparently he went right to work and added a yellow electrical cable under the house and up to a new connector under the air conditioner. He lined it up right under where the A/C cable exited the A/C, not the center of the window. Oh well. It works.
To do this he installed new breakers: one which moved a lightweight circuit to a double 20 amp breaker, the other which had 20 amp service to the AC, along with a spare circuit.
Patrick left without contacting me, but Sterling came over to show me.
I noticed the outlet which we were using for the AC had no cover, so I vowed to get one and install it that day.
Meanwhile work on the backroom was underway. Fuzz worked hard to complete the north side wall and north inside corner and finished up shortly after 5 p.m. Bruce completed five or six stringers up to the platform on the stoop and erected some temporary treads and platform so we could use it. They need to get the "Trex" composite boards to finish the stoop. Bruce already has the lumber to complete the handrails, but for now they have yellow tape there.
Fuzz explained to me that she had cut the metal grids and inserted them at all of the vent holes. All that remains for siding is to add one more course at the top of the east wall, but cut around the vent holes. It is a difficult task to do it, so they didn't rush into that.
With the Labor Day week ahead and rain in the forecast, they packed up their tools and put a tarp over the roof.
Good thing, it has been raining this morning!
The plumber also came by, but after 3 p.m. As I have a 3 p.m. meeting, I wasn't able to visit with Eddy. He left his pvc glue and there were no doors for the Air Vents. We can buy those later: they cost about 25 dollars each.
I wrote my check for the balance and put it in the mail for pick-up to-day.
Work was difficult because of the eyestrain.
While I wanted to take a nap, I realized I needed to take care of the outlet plate. Went to Ace Hardware to get a deadbolt, a door knob and an outlet plate. I purchased the door knob and plastic outlet plate and came home to purchase the matching two key deadbolt (for delivery next Wednesday to Ace). Upon return, though, I first went to House70 to install the plate. I borrowed a long bit for a screw driver and a flashlight. The outlet still had screws for the previous plate which somehow had been lost. I removed those old screws, tightened the outlet screws to the box, then added the new plate with its new screws.
I heated and ate left-over macaroni and cheese and we watched Ahsoka episode 3, Rabbit Hole episode 3 and the Dr. Who episode about a resurrected Dalek who controls two people before being ejected into space by the Doctor.
This morning I had a dream that I was a professor at a University who had somehow amassed quite a record of achivements there without really trying...and was robbed while distracted by a downtown bathroom hostage situation that involved a gun.
I had wrestled the guy with the gun who had been threatening a tied up man in a chair, and ended up firing the gun at parts of the bathroom away from people. Yet through all of these I lost track of my bag. Everyone got out safe, the gun shots brought the police who took away the supposed kidnappers, but robbers managed to pull out every device (camera, phone, mouse) from my bag except for one: a mini-computer that looked too weird to the thief.
I woke up thinking that my mini-computer might be treated the same because the battery acide had ruined it cosmetically. Is it worth it to make things ugly to dissuade theives? I suppose if it was a proven deterrant and theft was commonplace.
Anyway, I begin to-day with no responsibilities other than to clean the cat litter, wash dishes and, once presented with the bill, pay for the electrical work. The Labor Day weekend begins...well, almost. I hope to finish things at work now without interruptions.