WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK?

Our big exciting news is that we did, in fact, go with geothermal.  We signed on it last Friday.  The person who will be the lead person on the project came out on Monday and discussed the specifics of what they will be doing in the house with ductwork.  They’ll be cutting holes in my floors and walls, and put in the ductwork.   They’ll be doing that tomorrow.

They’ll end up drilling two wells - one for our water, and one for the geothermal.  The hole for the geothermal is not really a well, because it’s sealed after they put the tubes down in the ground.   The tubing looks like PVC.  They use some kind of special hot glue to put it all together.   After the tubing is placed in the ground, they fill it with water and add anti-freeze, then they cap the hole.   If we don’t hit water on the first drilling attempt, we’ll use that hole for the geothermal, and hopefully the second hole will have water.

Today, John dug the trench with a DitchWitch for the electrical to come into the house.  Now what he need to do, is to get the meter box and the pipe that goes from the trench, up the side of the house.   Now that the plumbing is done, the next thing will be the electrical on the inside.  We need to have two inspections.  One for the HVAC, and the other for the electrical that will come into the house.

WHAT ELSE?

We were hoping to get the soffit and fascia in, but we’ve had so much rain, it’s made the driveway impassible, and we can’t get the lift back to the house.   The same goes for drilling the wells.   Hopefully the ground will freeze, so they will be able to get the equipment in.

The other thing is, we got all of the door hardware installed, so now we can lock the house.  It’s exciting for me, because I was worried some kids would get in there and get hurt.  So now you have to have a key to get in.

Also, I went online today and signed up to get on the mailing list for a tree sale through our conservation district.  It might take ten years for them to grow up, but it will be good for the environment.  It will help to stop the winds from blowing so hard, too.  They also have flowers, so hopefully I can get those planted too.

IS THAT ABOUT IT FOR THIS WEEK?

I think that’s about it for now.