Today we got some news we were NOT hoping for: the addition is going to mean that we will definitely have to upgrade our electrical service. The 200 amp service that we have been doing fine for the last 13 years with will not be adequate to run everything we have now, plus the addition. So we will have to add another 200 amps! Ouch. Our electric company was here today, as well as our electrician, so we all talked about what our options are. We have to look into whether we want to run trenches, or have a boring machine push the pipe through, and we have to decide if we want the huge service box and meter on the house, or if we want ot put it over at a pole. The responsibility of the electric company stops at the meter, so that's one reason to put it on the house, but there are a number of things to consider when making the decision. We have to get some estimates and then decide how to proceed...
Digging out where the deeper footings need to go
Bending Rebar
Rebar and straps going in
By the end of the day even some of the forms for the stem-walls were up
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