The sewer contractor came in today and began running the underground (WAY underground) sewer line from the house to the road. Tomorrow he hopes to reach the street (remember he has about 350' to travel to a final tap in depth of about 12 feet below the road) and tap in to the city sewer. Then he'll begin trenching down the other side of the driveway for the water line. After that we have the electric line (with data and cable), the underground propane tank, and the underground cistern for the rainwater catchment system. It's pretty much a mud-fest at the Nutter Residence for the next few weeks.
We've had A LOT of rain again, and without the metal roofing on the house, the rain has soaked through the felt, sheeting, and into the house. We've spent many hours with dual Shop Vacs sucking up water. The drill is to start on the second floor, suck up the water, turn on fans, open window, and hope it doesn't rain anymore. We've put plastic on the roof, plastic over the sub-floors - you name it, but there's no way around it - the place needs a roof. Sooooo, Kenny and his Dad are taking off from work on Wednesday this week to get the darn metal put down. This past weekend was nothing but rain, and it's calling for the same this coming weekend. Actually, it's now saying thunderstorms on Wednesday night - man I hope they get it done. We wanted to rent a lift to help out with the eave trim and fascia trim at the lower edge of the slope, but the sewer work means no access to the site by vehicle, so it looks like it will have to all be done with ladders.
Today, Brian and Pete came to help us haul 50 sheets of standing seam metal roofing from the ground up to the garage roof. Each sheet is 26' long so Brian and Pete carried it up two ladders and handed it to Kenny and I who were on the garage roof (have I mentioned how much I love heights?) Kenny and I then stacked it and secured the stacks to the garage roof. Tomorrow we'll do the whole process again with Kenny's dad and maybe his brother. We'll hand the sheets from the garage roof up to the house roof and begin installing it. This is after all of the trim pieces at the eaves and rake are on. Just for all of you who are wondering, I did amazingly well up on the garage roof today. The view up there was pretty neat. You could actually sit on the garage roof and watch baseball games on the nearby fields. I don't think I'll get on the main roof - at least not until we install the solar panels. I may get up there once to look at the panels, but that's about it. It's about 25' off the ground at the LOW side. It's only 3:12 pitch, but still . . .
Meanwhile, (during the rain), HVAC has progressed, slowly. We'll continue with ductwork this weekend while it rains more, but hopefully we'll be dry inside with a new roof overhead. (and hopefully the rain won't cave in whatever hole the sewer/water contractor has open at that time. (Just for the record, we've exceeded normal rainfall amounts in our area for the months of May, June, and September so far. Sure, July and August were dry, but can anyone say 105 degrees?) Mark my words, we'll get this damn rainwater catchment system in and we'll have a drought for 5 years! Every time it rains I think of all of the gallons that could be going into my cistern - how many toilet flushes or loads of laundry that could be!
As soon as we get some of the main ductwork out of the way, we can begin running electrical, cable, and data again. There isn't really that much to do, but our data/cable help (Thanks Uncle Joe!) is going out of town in mid-October. Actually, it's the plumbing we want to get moving on. All of the rough in stuff needs to get complete and inspected so that we can get the spray foam insulation applicator in while the temperatures are still moderate. They can't spray when it's too cold, so beyond mid-late November and we'll be at a complete standstill until it warms up enough to spray.
I'm going to the site tomorrow to get some photos and video of the sewer dig, so I'll get those posted later on in the day tomorrow.
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