Today started out humid but dry. Mike and Nate started putting up the cement board on the sunroom exterior. We will not be sorry to see the Tyvek sheeting covered up at last. Chris was still working on the sunroom electrical. The landscapers did indeed show up and it appears they dropped off their tool boxes, some plastic drain pipes and hauled off the pile of bricks.
T and I left about 12:30 pm to run some errands. As we were leaving, we noticed the painters were sitting in their truck out front. Probably waiting for Mike to finish installation of the exterior cement board so they could paint it. A strong storm moved through while we were gone. By the time we returned, 3:00 pm, everyone had departed except for Chris. The weather forecast is for intermittent thunderstorms throughout the week.
I noticed the landscapers trashed our butterfly bush so that they could position their tool boxes where it was. Grrrrr! I mentioned to T that we need to decide if we are going to attempt to salvage the azaleas before they destroy those as well.
I got an unexpected call from Betsy (solar) this evening. She said that she and Josh are hoping to come by tomorrow around noon to look at the solar installation and discuss its performance. She made the declaration that, based on the photos I sent to Eric last week, the performance issues were clearly shade related. I took issue with that declaration and she backed off on the statement. I pointed out to her that, while there is some shade in the morning, by noon, only about 25% of the panels still experience dappled shade. By 2pm, the shade is essentially gone. The performance after noon however does not seem unsatisfactory. I also pointed out to her that according to the literature Eric brought last week, the inverters are supposedly equipped with the ability to "mitigate the effect of shade". It will be an interesting meeting, if they show up.
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