Electrical service entry and water lines going in.

This is going to be a busy week!

Over the weekend I placed the electrical service (0000 URD) entry cabling and telephone drop in the trench Tim dug after a two hour ordeal at Home Depot getting the materials. Their price was $2.36/ft vs. $4.12 at the electrical supply house, at 200' this adds up.

Rick's Pump Service will also be up tomorrow to place the water lines and wiring from the well head to the future cistern location and then back to the house entry in the back walkout wall. Tim also dug a trench around the house for this which goes right up to the well casing so that a pitless adapter can be installed. The pitless adapter will allow the water to come out of the well at 60" below grade. This will be below the frost line.

Johnny's Plumbing will also be out on Monday to do the underslab plumbing in prep for the floor slab to be laid later this week or next.

There will be two inspections this week, both by the state (vs. the county). On Monday, the state Electrical Inspector will come out to check the service entry placement before it can be buried. They will be checking that it is at least 24" deep and that the "Danger Buried Live Wire" tape is there for burial 12" above the cable. That way if someone digs here in the future (without getting a buried wire inspection) they should hit this red tape before the 200 amp 220 volt service line.

On Tuesday, the state Plumbing Inspector will be out to check that underslab plumbing is good to go before the slab is laid. They will be checking for leaks via a pressure test among other things.

Last week, Tim hooked up the septic tank line to the sleeve going through the frost wall footing, so that part of the infrastructure should be ready to go.

The floor and outside of the walkout walls has now been covered in red gravel and leveled. The mound of dirt in front of the house is down to a small pile, which will ultimately be leveled into the patio area outside of the walkout.

Sorry I forgot the camera so no new picture. We will be going back up next weekend so look for some updated pics then.