Progress and Red Tape

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jean

Building stem walls. For more pictures start here.


Installing the propane tank. For more pictures start here.
 

Mounting the poles for the solar panels. For more pictures start here.
 

A lot happened this week. We now have the propane system installed to the house and shed sites, and the forms for the stem walls of the house and the mounts for the solar panels are ready for pouring the concrete tomorrow.

Tuff Shed had planned to build our shed today, but there was a mix up about the building permit so now the estimate is next Tuesday at the earliest. And it took a lot of effort for Joe to get permission to pour the concrete for the stem walls tomorrow. An inspector was supposed to come up today to give the go ahead, but there was some disagreement about just which one would have to come up. I’ll spare you the details, but Joe will be able to pour tomorrow. He won’t be able to get the concrete pumper though, so they will have to use wheelbarrows… the permission to pour came too late to reserve the pumper.

It could have been a lot worse. We’re grateful for what was accomplished.

Hopefully you had at least as many successes as setbacks this week.

Thanks to Mike, Cathy, Evan, bikehikebabe, Looney and Rummuser for commenting on last week’s post.
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4 Responses to Progress and Red Tape

  1. Rummuser says:
    November 18, 2011 at 4:38 am

    “It could have been a lot worse. We’re grateful for what was accomplished.” Way to go.

    Yes, on balance, I did have as many successes as flops! The latter mostly on crossword puzzles. 🙂

  2. bikehikebabe says:
    November 18, 2011 at 9:26 am

    I used to obsess over my flops trying to figure out how to fix them. Some flops can’t be fixed. Better to celebrate the successes.

  3. Cathy in NZ says:
    November 18, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    lookin’ good, eh 🙂

    won’t be long now and you will bringing in the gadgets i.e. taps and powerpoints, deciding on the exact colours…

  4. Jean says:
    November 18, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Rummuser,
    I don’t do crosswords. I do Sudoku from time to time, and I carefully choose the level so I’ll be somewhat, but not overly, challenged. I believe in having as many successes as I can get!

    bikehikebabe,
    I agree!

    Cathy,
    It will be a while. We’ll be lucky if we can get the shed up and the house framed in the not-too-distant future. Finishing buildings always take a long time.

    I’m in no hurry. I’m not looking forward to making more decisions. When the time comes I’ll do it as efficiently as possible. I’d rather play with my toys. 🙂

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