The hydro upgrade started 2 months ago...it's still not completely finished yet but we have one major farm milestone completed this year and it's only Jan 4th!
Today we had our power switched over to the new central metering. First things first...we have a long list of people to thank for all the help they gave us through out this major upgrade.
Mom and Dad - Thanks for all that you have done for us so far...this hydro challenge has just been one of the many projects you guys have not only helped with but have given up many, many hours of your time to help us. We couldn't have done it without you guys...especially the early mornings and the late nights trenching.
Jeff from Yager Electric - I'm not sure Jeff knew what he was getting into with us. This all started with the old owners rudely kicking Jeff off the property at our final walk through. We could only assume they knew they had a lot to hide based on what we knew at the time of purchase. Now we know they had a lot to hide and Jeff has been there since day one helping us sort out this mess. We are getting there and we sincerely appreciate all that he has dine in the last 2 days getting us up and running again with an all new system that meets code and will provide us with more than ample power for anything we decide for the future. It's all the little stuff left now...well maybe not the arena lighting upgrade; but that will certainly be less stressful than these past 2 days!
The Crew from Haldimand Hydro - What a great crew! We had 5 trucks and a contractor for the pole drilling show up first things this morning. I believe the crew was 12 guys in total and they worked in the very cold wind today. They installed 2 new poles on the opposite side of the road, terminated our power, ran all the wiring to the new transformer on the central pole and also removed the old transformer and the old poles then hooked us back up with main power. John was exceptional today! He spent the entire day up in the air in one of the bucket trucks and was still in a good mood and smiling at the end of the day when they crew was packing up and on their way. It was a nice treat to see the back deck full of orange and yellow reflective cloths enjoying a hot lunch off the BBQ today. We supplied a hot lunch of burgers and sausages to the crew since it was such a cold day and what the heck...it was Friday and who doesn't like BBQ for lunch on a Friday!
Rob - Thanks for loan of your generator. It was great having 2 on site so that we had lights in both the house and the barn to install the new panels. Way easier for the guys than head lamps and I certainly appreciated having running water all day even tho we had no hydro!
So...we are inspected, hooked back up tonight and thinking ahead to what's next!
3 of the 5 trucks
4th truck in the drive...fifth truck was out of view along with the contractors rig with the drilling machine.
John up in the bucket.
Staircase Repainting...
In the mean time, I spent some time over the last several days painting the staircase. Painted the toe kicks white and the treads brown. It's not the long term plan to leave the stairs painted; we will in time replace the treads with oak and stain them to match the floor. But since that project is in the distances the painted staircase helps clean up the area since this was the biggest unfinished mess we left behind after the carpet removal.
Here are the stairs with carpet.
Here are the stairs before I started wood filling, sanding and painting.
Here it is withe kicks painted.
Thanks Mom for finishing the odd treads today as I was outside.
This is the finished staircase...
Feathered Friend Update...
More fantastic birds have made their way to the feeders.
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