Busy day

Tim came to work on the geothermal unit. He worked almost all day till about 4.

Durbin Enterprises came about 9am to do a flush and fill after hooking up the lines. It was almost 730 before they were done.

The drywall finishers came about 4 to put another coat of mud on. Tomorrow he said he is going to sand and spray the ceilings in the great room.

During the day, I got the ornamental grass area done on the SW corner of the house. Lots of cleanup and work was done out there, but glad its done

I have to get up at 4am tomorrow to go to work, so off to bed now.

Geothermal and great room

Tim came and worked some on the geothermal system, doing some piping hookups,and working on the ductwork for the house.

The drywall finisher came and put some mud on.. He will be back tomorrow.

Hectic 1st half of the morning

I went out a 6am and watered the new grass I put in yesterday. I saw all the dirt had pulled away from the shed, so piled some up real quick so it would not destroy the concrete.

Tim got here to start on the geothermal, then in about an hour the unit showed up. t was fortunate I was here, it weighed over 300 lbs, and in a non lift bed truck. A quick switch into the forklift, the explored in the road to protect us from the Homer lake express, and it was set into the garage. Then the fun began. Tim, the delivery man, and I mud wrestled the unit into the basement. Now I am really sore.

The drywall finishers are coming at noon, so have to get the great room ready before then.

Off to do more basement cleaning, and water plants.

Geothermal construction begins!!!!

Let the construction begin. I've been waiting a long time to get started, and am relieved its finally here. The geothermal drilling began yesterday by Durbin Enterprises from Beecher City. It was fascinating to watch, and have some pictures and video to post later. They are drilling 9 wells 200 ft deep for the loop, then in a few days the trenching crew will come in to connect the loops and get the pipe into the house. This will handle both the house and pool geothermal heat pumps. They drilled 5 wells in about 12 hours, so its not a real fast process. Its is a very messy process though, water and slop are everywhere in that area.

Looking ahead, we have to get the basement prepared for their work, all the ducting will have to be torn down and replaced, since geothermal moves a lot more air. I also need to prepare the wall of the garage for the pool geothermal, and they have to build an insulated room in there for it. So much for a 2 car garage.

As soon as they get the geothermal unit in the basement and most of the duct in, we can turn the boys loose to demolish the kitchen floor. They cant wait, boys love to destroy things, especially when they have permission to do it.

We still have the pool geothermal unit to finalize and sign contracts for, I hope to get that done this week. Delivery is in about 5 to 6 weeks, so need to get it ordered, but dont want to make any costly mistakes either.