Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Third time wasn’t the charm…

Back in April, I started my search for an electrician to wire the garage. Emails were sent, most with no follow-up. I got a referral from a local we know and things were looking good. The contractor came out and really seemed up on things. He answered a lot of my questions and said he’d get back with a quote within a couple of days. Almost two weeks later, I got the quote and agreed with the price with work to start in June. But as the time grew closer, I got no replies to repeated requests for a firm date.

So I moved on to another locally recommended electrician. He came out almost immediately and got back to me right away with a quote that was better yet. Dates were left loose for early July. But once again, no go. He did contact me and said he wasn’t able to do any work over the next few months but he did recommend another man.

On to number three who agreed he could deliver using the quote from number two and said we’d firm up the date as July approached. And approach it did, and he had multiple delays. Finally he got back to me and said he couldn’t commit to a date within my needed timeline (by mid-September). He understood if I needed to find someone else.

So now I’m waiting on number four who answered his phone immediately and said he could get us on his schedule within a couple of weeks. He would need to come out and that would be soon. Still waiting but still hoping the fourth time will be the charm…


Stay Tuned!

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Do you dig me?

Another step closer to getting electricity to the pole barn. I had long planned to rent a trencher to dig most of the ditch needed for the electric install. Unfortunately, when the local power co-op engineer arrived, he advised I dig most of it by hand. The little bit that was left wasn’t worth the rental cost or the time to get and return it. So dig by hand it was.

I started and was fortunate to have our good friend Earl arrive to help finish. You may remember he spent days helping with the siding installation.


Time to dig, dig, dig…




Everyone should have a friend like him. I even got him to sign one of the boards inside, now everyone that has worked on it (no matter how small a part they played) has signed a board.


Once the ditch was dug and the pipe was in place, it was time for the engineer to return and give his approval. Red flags in place, we’re good to go.



The electrician is scheduled, tentatively, to come out next week. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Stay Tuned!

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Fini! Well, almost…


It took a bit longer than I expected to finish this build, partly due to activities but mostly due to weather issues. If you follow the blog, you saw me start this over two months ago (Press on…Press off). Here are some photos as the build progressed.








And the finished product, after I added rubber matting on top of the flooring.




Next step is electrical, once that installation is done (I hope by the end of July), I can move my big compressor out of the house garage and into its new home.


Stay Tuned!