Some quick update pictures. In the previous post, I showed you the pocket door frames, except for one. Here is that missing pocket door frame, between the pantry and the front hall. This door, which will be normally closed, will be used when we come in the pantry door from the garage and breezeway, and want to get to the front hall (main entrance) to remove our coats and shoes (coats and shoes modeled by Daphne).

And here is the second floor electrical subpanel. This is installed in the corner of the front bedroom (behind the closet door when it opens). It will have all the wires for the second floor to reduce the number of wires that have to come up from the basement. The thicker shielded wire is the main line from the basement to this panel.

This morning, they placed the air condensers that make up our HVAC system. Once the deck is finished, we will have a panel that somewhat hides the south sides of the condensers from the deck (but not their main face, to avoid blocking air flow).

Now to explain “pulling wires”. I am not sure when this is typically done during new construction, but in our case, we have an EMF consultant who will be testing the electrical installation around March 16th. That test requires that the system be live and under load, which means that we need to be connected to the electrical grid and have multiple electrical loads running (which explains why we want to get the HVAC system up and running).

The builder sent me this short video this morning. This shows the construction crew pulling wires from the house, though the conduits, to the closest electrical (telephone) pole. I am guessing that they first snaked a rope though the conduit, then attached a bundle of wires and pulled the rope (with a truck).

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