Again, there were so many people in this little building this week, we were practically tripping over each other. These are the guys that show up and saw apart the walls that you have so lovingly installed. We had the plumbers here finishing up their fit-ups, the company that is installing the Heat Recovery Ventilator was here - ("Burns Right" owned by Bruce Burns) and Bill Fisher and his electrical apprentice also arrived to do their preliminary work. We say preliminary, but by the end of the second day, the entire house was wired and the panels for both the generator and the household circuits were in-place.
Bill Fisher is the electrician we had contacted early on in this process to inquire if he would do the work. We had heard only good things about him, and he had worked on straw-bale houses previously. Additionally, he was interested in alternative energy systems, which were things we were considering early on in the process. But he would never give us an estimate, only an hourly rate. We are here to tell anybody who will listen that your money will be well spent using Bill. Our electrical panels and the board they are installed on are so neat, they look like they belong in a hygenic laboratory environment.
On our project, there is a real spirit of cooperation. In one of the above pictures, Deirdre is building a small box for the plumbers to install the pressure tank on. Andre and I installed the plywood wall for the plumbing and floor heating controls to be installed against and Justin worked with the electrician on the day his apprentice was absent, by climbing through the trusses with the requisite wires.
So far, everyone has showed up to do the work when they said they would and we habitually walk around with smiles on our faces.
