Concrete

Today is a hot and humid day. While I had sent a note to Mike last week asking when to expect the concrete to be poured for the east pad and the garage apron, I never got a response. It would have been nice to know they were going to arrive this morning. When I realized that, I called Jack (solar) and asked him when he intended to replace the inverter rack pole. He said that unfortunately, he was going to have to put it off until Thursday. I told him it would be too late since the pad is being poured today. He said he was on the way. He arrived and replaced the pole. It looks much better.

Before he left, I asked him about the plug receptacle that we were told would allow us to pull power directly from the solar system should the grid go down. Jack said that the plug had not been installed but he would look into it. He said it would be installed at the inverter rack. Shortly after he left, I got a note from Eric asking if we were satisfied. I responded that we were and thanked him for making the modifications on such short notice. I also mentioned to Eric that I asked Jack about the plug and also noted we had yet to received the documentation that Eric told us last week had been sent to us.

The concrete got poured and those people left about 2:30 pm. It looks good. They said they would not walk or drive on it for a week. I think they will be back to seal it. I am a little concerned about the step down on the garage apron. We will have to talk with Mike about that.

Chris (electrician) showed up this morning. I talked with him about several things. I told him that the lights that were mounted in the garage were associated with the door openers and not the area lighting. They just needed power and would turn on and off with the door operation. I also ensured he knew the coaxial cable and CAT5 cable still needed to be run to the TV in the sunroom. Chris said he was going to get Mike to remove some of the woodwork so he could run those cables. I also told Chris we had all the exterior wall sconces and the sunroom ceiling fan when he was ready to install those.

I showed Mike the TV wall pan. He will need to change the spacing on the chimney breast wall studs so the pan can be installed. This will need to be installed before the stone work is started.

Our east neighbor called this morning and asked if our brick work was complete. The reason was that they had delayed opening their pool for the season due to the brick dust being generated. I told them, and later confirmed with Mike, that we are not quite finished yet. Mike could not tell us when the brick people will be back.

Jerry (painter) and his crew showed up as well and continued work on the sunroom window frames (we were told they were done) and on the sunroom eaves.