Since the utility work started, several of our neighbors have asked us if we are connecting to the sewer. We weren't sure why they were asking this, since they all know that we don't want to (1) annex into the city; and (2) pay upwards of $200K to run the sewer from the main road to our house. But this sign explains the questions. Our excavators are using this sign (below) to warn drivers about the construction work.... For awhile, we had a trench across the road that was covered by steel plates, but that part of the work is completed so the road has been patched & is now passable again.
The above photo shows a "little" job we had to do before the utility trench could be completed. If you go back to an earlier post (when the foundation walls were being poured), one of the shots shows the concrete truck in the driveway, parked next to a maple on the right side. We had to remove it. We didn't have much notice, so I became a lumberjack and cut the thing down myself. I used our 14" Stihl chain saw and a metal wedge to coerce the tree into falling the correct direction. Kinda fun, but sweaty work. We cut the trunk into rounds that can be further cut down into firewood size, and the branches got piled up off to one side to be chipped at a later date. We're going to have a lot of work like that, after the house goes up.
Above, a shot of the electrical utility conduit being run to the garage and pump house.
A shot of the trench, showing some big tree roots our excavators found -- they actually dug underneath them, to avoid damaging them. They messed them up anyway, hopefully it won't affect the trees much...
A shot from the road, looking toward the house. The trench is about coincident with the right side of the old house foundation. We had some "naked lady" lillies planted there and found a number of the bulbs that had been dug up. Some of the bulbs were huge, larger than a softball.
The above photo shows a "little" job we had to do before the utility trench could be completed. If you go back to an earlier post (when the foundation walls were being poured), one of the shots shows the concrete truck in the driveway, parked next to a maple on the right side. We had to remove it. We didn't have much notice, so I became a lumberjack and cut the thing down myself. I used our 14" Stihl chain saw and a metal wedge to coerce the tree into falling the correct direction. Kinda fun, but sweaty work. We cut the trunk into rounds that can be further cut down into firewood size, and the branches got piled up off to one side to be chipped at a later date. We're going to have a lot of work like that, after the house goes up.
Above, a shot of the electrical utility conduit being run to the garage and pump house.
A shot of the trench, showing some big tree roots our excavators found -- they actually dug underneath them, to avoid damaging them. They messed them up anyway, hopefully it won't affect the trees much...
A shot from the road, looking toward the house. The trench is about coincident with the right side of the old house foundation. We had some "naked lady" lillies planted there and found a number of the bulbs that had been dug up. Some of the bulbs were huge, larger than a softball.
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