In the trenches

Yesterday was the day to make the preparations for the power line to be buried. The guys needed to dig a trench from the power pole to our house and lay the conduit that will hold the new power line.

This is the view of the garage from our house.

When we got home, Donnie had to help the girls cross the trench to get to the house.

This is the view from the end of the “driveway”.

This is the street view of the garage. You can see there are a few windows and the trench is running behind it.

 

This is the backside of the garage…..also the neighbor side.

There were two times of excitement during the day….first when they hit a water line and second when they hit the cable. Ha, Ha. Obviously these things happen, but the good thing is they know how to fix it right away.

The little helpers helped Brian put a foot of dirt back over the conduit so that he could place the caution tape. The caution tape warns any future diggers that there’s a power line under there.

So tomorrow the electrician will be here to put a box on the wall and the power company will come and run the wire through the conduit.

The Great Garage

 

The framing is underway. Donnie has spent about two days getting the walls framed up. He’s had help from his friend Jay and his brother and Tim.

I think you can tell it’s going to be huge. Hence all the awesome punny blog titles.

There are going to be two bays and garage doors. The right, rear area will have a door and a walkway that connects to the house.

This is the view from the house. I’ve pointed out the power line so you can see how low it hangs. We still have above ground power lines in our neighborhood that haven’t been dealt with. The electrician is coming out today to make plans to bury the one that connects our house to the street.

That’s it for now. The plywood is going up today.