Thursday Respite

No one showed up this morning to do any project work. Not surprised. We have had roughly 2-1/2 days of work this week, which is actually about average over the past four months. Unfortunately, it turns out that some of the work accomplished this week will have to be undone and/or redone due to a breakdown in communications. Don't know if there will be any more activity this week or not. The weather is supposed to remain good through the weekend.

I did go out and look at the work done by the cable company yesterday, hoping to acknowledge a job well done...finally! The job was not overly complicated and they finished almost all of it. The only thing they failed to do was to hook up the ground wire on their junction box located on the back of the house. In all fairness, this wire was probably cut by the electricians when they relocated the power meter over to the new meter box. There is a red tag on the ground wire cautioning that the cable company should be notified if the wire is removed. Why the cable guys did not reconnect it, I do not know. Obviously they considered it not worth their effort. "Our" Mike also told me that, as he was leaving yesterday evening, he asked the cable guys if they were going to remove the existing overhead cable after running the new cable through the underground conduit. The told him that if he would cut the overhead cable at the house, they would remove it back to the alley pole. Really?!?!? Mike cut the cable (snip!) for them, and they did pull the cable down. I guess they are not permitted to use sharp tools. I found the wire in the dumpster this morning, which I believe is illegal. We were not impressed at all with Charter Cable and doubt we will be a long term customer. I hope I have the opportunity to let them know what I think of their service. If they are smart (no indications of this yet), they will not ask for a review of their performance.

Disconnected Ground Wire

New Cable At Alley Pole

Yesterday "Our" Mike told us that the City had completed their electrical inspection and we are now ready for Ameren (power company) to come out and relocate their overhead power line to the underground conduit. Let's hope someone has so notified Ameren. Once that is accomplished, the overhead lines will no longer be an impediment to starting the truss installation. Mike says he still has some more work to do before the trusses can fly however and he is still trying to determine the best means of lifting the garage trusses into place. He said he found a crane that is adequate for the task and which is mounted on a truck small enough to navigate down the alley, but it is on another job over in Illinois. 

Not having any adult supervision in the backyard today, I decided to take down the telephone wire. It is coiled up and hanging on the alley pole.

Telephone line along west side of house

Coiled telephone line on alley pole

The only overhead line remaining is the power line.