2-8 March 2026 Progress

 Not much was accomplished Monday or Tuesday on the house. The power company connected the power lines to the exterior house box along with the meter. The house is ready to have power turned on. The painters could not do any outside work since rain was moving into the area for the first time in weeks. We found that they had delivered the barnwood that will go above the fireplace and stove vent had been delivered as well as the wood that will be used to make the beams in the living room and study. The trim carpenters are scheduled to come in Friday to install those. When we were at the house Wednesday, a crew showed up to run the fiber optic lines to the house. They needed water, but the electricians had disconnected power for the well pump from the power tree at the street and connected it to the house wiring. Called Skyler to see if I could turn on the house power and apply power to the water pump. After a lot of back and forth, I figured out that they had not wired the water pump into the circuit breaker panel yet (The bright pink wire hanging out at both ends was the giveaway). So, the fiber crew went to plan B (used long snake cables) and were able to pull the fiber optic from the network box up the street all the way to the house. We discussed the propane tank situation with Kelby. He suggested downsizing to a 250 gallon tank which would mean lower cost and a smaller hole to jack through the rock. The rock charge would balance out the smaller tank costs. Which would allow us to keep the tank in the original planned location. On Friday we stopped at the office and paid the 7^thinstallment for the house. We then went to the house to meet Skyler at 11 am to lay out the propane tank position. He did not show up. We marked out where we thought it should go so it would be 10 feet from the house and shop, clear of the septic system and electrical conduits. The trim carpenters were back out on Friday to install the decorative beams in the study and office. They also installed the Barnwood over the fireplace and vent hood. But on the fireplace, they did not scribe the bottom board to the mantle beam leaving a big crack and they installed it over the pinewood they had mistakenly put there several weeks back making our mantle shallower.