Speaking of construction zones
May. 23rd, 2023 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrWe've been living in one for a week now, getting new siding on our house. They dropped supplies last Monday, began tearing off the old shingles Wednesday. I've been parking the van at the Lutheran Church lot up the street (with their permission), the car in the neighbor's drive.
Tear down went fairly smoothly, very little dry rot to fix. I had to dash around the inside a couple of times, rescuing artwork and pots before they vibrated off their hooks or shelves, and I did lose a one-inch kiln post that fell off the shelf and broke, but otherwise all survived. The phone went out briefly on Thursday; turned out hammering in the shingle nails vibrated the power block out of its outlet. Similar problem yesterday, when the microwave and freezer failed. The Ground Fault Interrupter plug on the same circuit the bathroom kept popping, and junior installer, working the weekend, assumed he'd hit it with a nail. He took down some siding, tore open the wall and found the wire, but not the damage. He disconnected the plug, which made the microwave and work again. Senior installer, who did electrical work in the air force, brought in his kit and eventually determined that the ground wire had worked loose of the socket. Vibration again.
Some progress pictures:
It's starting to come together.
Tear down went fairly smoothly, very little dry rot to fix. I had to dash around the inside a couple of times, rescuing artwork and pots before they vibrated off their hooks or shelves, and I did lose a one-inch kiln post that fell off the shelf and broke, but otherwise all survived. The phone went out briefly on Thursday; turned out hammering in the shingle nails vibrated the power block out of its outlet. Similar problem yesterday, when the microwave and freezer failed. The Ground Fault Interrupter plug on the same circuit the bathroom kept popping, and junior installer, working the weekend, assumed he'd hit it with a nail. He took down some siding, tore open the wall and found the wire, but not the damage. He disconnected the plug, which made the microwave and work again. Senior installer, who did electrical work in the air force, brought in his kit and eventually determined that the ground wire had worked loose of the socket. Vibration again.
Some progress pictures:
It's starting to come together.