22 August 2014

Really poured overnight.  Needless to say, the house main level floor is alive with the sound of raindrops. Today’s forecast was for clearing by tomorrow, so, when Perry got here at 7, per usual, we decided that using power tools to work on the sauna was maybe not such a great idea.  Instead, we tackled putting in the electric line that will feed power to the sauna building from the junction box at the head of the wood walkway.  Working with electricity is so much more fun in the rain!  Digging the trench from the walkway down to the lower driveway (working downhill) was easy.  Digging the trench from the sauna building retaining wall back uphill to the lower driveway had its share of challenges, but by 11:30 we had a nice slot in the earth ready for conduit.  That’s when the rain started again in earnest, so we took an early lunch, hoping that the weather would abate.  By 1 it was obvious that our hopes were in vain, so Perry departed and I headed into Middlebury to do some errands, stopping at Green Mountain Electric Supply on the way back to get the conduit, wire, etc. we needed.  Perry appeared whilst I was there, bearing info fresh from a conversation with a Huber Company technical representative (manufacturer of the Zip System sheathing and tape) about the proper method for applying Zip System tape.  Relayed that info to Sean, requesting that Kevin not put on the roofing membrane until a further attempt is made to adhere the Zip tape to the sheathing using the procedure specified by the manufacturer.  Back at Fern Lake doing odds and ends late afternoon when Sean came by to admire our indoor swimming pool.  Unfortunately, he didn’t bring his bathing suit…