Sunday, December 13, 2009

Cement The Deal

Work on the inside of the house is still progressing, but slowly. On a positive note, most of the light fixtures and all of the fans have been installed. The AC/Heating is in and about half of the plumbing is ready to go. We are anxious to get all the electrical completed so we can turn on the heat and warm up the contractors.

More progress has been made on the outside. Somehow in the middle of two weeks of cold rainy weather they were able to pour the driveway. It is good that our cars have excellent brakes. We also had a delivery of "river dirt". I felt like Scarlet O'hara standing by the mound with a fistful of dirt in my hand, inspecting for nutgrass and other unsavory materials. It passed my rudimentary inspection and I expect we'll see more truck loads next week. Many more yards are needed to level out the drain fields. Erosion is our enemy. The plan is to seed it with Cereal Rye to hold it in place until the Spring when I can start my experiment with native grasses. See pictures below.