Gutter I...Cupola II

Mike and Nate and Chris showed up this morning. Mike told me that the brick layers will hopefully be here tomorrow, but there is an 80% chance of rain. Too bad, we have had perfect weather all week. Maybe our luck will prevail.

The mantel and wood panels for each side of the chimney breast arrived. They look REALLY good. The mantel is 2" taller than we were told to expect (10" versus 8") and the electrical outlet is on the very end whereas we expected it to be centered. We will adapt. Since the mantel is taller, we had to renegotiate the positioning of the TV above the mantel. We are leaving 8" between the top of the mantel and the bottom of the TV. I wish it could have been more, but the TV is already getting pretty high up.

Once Mike gets these installed, we will be ready to install the stone on the chimney breast.

Mike and Nate installed the cupola on the sunroom and then finished installation of the window and door hardware for both the garage and the sunroom.

We had to collectively remind ourselves how the exhaust fan was to be fitted underneath the cupola. I reminded Mike that Tyler (architect) had given us a detail, but Mike did not seem interested in seeing it, despite my offer to print it out. After some discussion, it was sorted out. We also had to figure out how to install the louvered vent to be mounted above the window in the connecting porch. This vent will open when the exhaust fan is turned on. No instructions were provided. However, Mike got the vent installed. The fan installation under the cupola will wait until Chris runs wiring up to it. The shroud for the exhaust fan looked huge, but it seems to fit well inside the cupola body. Thanks to Tyler (architect) the cupola was custom made slightly larger than the regular size to accommodate the fan shroud.

Cupola Exhaust Fan

Inlet Air Louver and Fan Shroud

We will install a decorative grill over the louvered vent in the connecting porch and also on the ceiling going into the cupola.

Entry to the Exhaust Fan Under the Cupola

Chris spent a good part of the day cleaning up some of the past sins left by previous electricians and the cable company. It looks a lot neater along the back of the main house.

Around 2:00 pm, the guttering people showed up. They got the straight runs on the garage installed.

They still need to install the corner pieces and the downspouts.

No painters today. No further word from the solar people. No roofers. No slaters.

While there was some overcast this morning, this afternoon was clear and sunny. The solar panels however never reached 6 kW of power output. This has been the norm since installation and one inverter continues to lag the other.