Well we’re getting further and further into November and weather is becoming more and more significant. We got the metal on half of the roof last week before before the afternoon breezes (15-30 mph) made handling large pieces of thin sheet metal dangerous. It’s been breezy through the weekend, looks like Monday should usher in the next calm period. Hopefully we get the rest of the roof & trim work done then.
In the meantime we’ve been pursuing getting power run into the first conex box (the workshop) and a power off one 20A circuit breaker run to power the storage conex box. The faming is done on the second conex box, the wiring is done to the lights and misc outlets, and waiting for the electrical inspection before insulation (spray foam) & covering with wallboard.
In the workshop conex box we’ve got the back wall framed to support the breaker box. Eventually we will frame and spray foam that, put up wallboard/peg board; but that isn’t on the critical path to vacating the apartment and moving in full time.
The outside of the workshop. Power comes from the meter/power pole into the external breaker. Note the two ground bars (pounded down 8′ into the soil) and wired into the ground connection. I rented a trencher to make the digging process much easier. In addition to the power run, added trench to water the apple trees and a French drain running off to the right.
The trench leading off to the right is for the curtain drain that will collect any runoff from the apple orchard that sloped down to the back of the containers.
The soil is primarily sand, but putting in a French drain behind the containers now, before putting in a couple of loads of gravel down behind and on each side of the containers seems to be a prudent move.
In other news, I was getting a warning message about my transmission needing work. I finally got an appointment last Tuesday and drove down to Cheyenne. It turns out that some internal parts were needing replacement (under warranty fortunately). The parts, unfortunately, were located in Dallas TX; dealer estimated that it would be early next week before the car would be done. In the meantime they have provided a rental Nissan Sentra sedan. A definite downgrade.