21 January 2016
Sonny
and Doug say that, after a day putting radiant floor pans up, they’re going to
charge their chiropractic visits to the project. Completely understandable! Steve spent most of the day connecting pieces
of the plumbing drainage system together.
Shawn Lathrop and Luke Charlebois from Peck Electric came to install the
electrical subpanel in the pantry that will power all the house main level
circuits. Unfortunately, they brought
the wrong panel, the wrong wire, and didn’t have with them the 125 amp circuit
breaker needed to isolate the subpanel from the main panel down in the utility
room. So, after measuring to make sure
they knew how much wire would be needed to connect the two panels together,
they left to regroup. Dennis came by
right after lunch to review the plumbing and ductwork progress and answer
questions. He quickly figured out a
solution to the problem of how to get radiant floor heating under a portion of
the master bathroom shower that was stuffed full of HRV ducts. (Answer: remove the ducts, install the
radiant floor pans, and then reroute the ducts in a soffit extension through
the shop lavatory. Guess this is why
Dennis makes the big bucks!) I spent the
day putting in outlet and switch boxes, then drilling holes through which
wiring will be run to those boxes. Got
the second guest bedroom, the guest bath, and the lower hall mostly done. Steve and I also figured out how to route the
exhaust from the guest bath fan so that malodorous vapors don’t get sucked back
into the HRV supply piping. Not, mind
you, that I’m accusing any sons of ours of ever creating malodorous
vapors… Late afternoon, made a raid on
Green Mountain Electric Supply for another 2,000 feet of wire, plus other
accoutrements. It’s a good thing we have
a healthy upper limit on our VISA® card.
