Last week I said that we thought that there would only be one more weekend of pulling invasive plants this year, but I was wrong. After three hours of work this weekend, we have decided that there is still more to do.

Here is a current view of the yard, wetlands and river. In the foreground you can see that we have cleared out a lot of the plants that should not be there. Near the river, you may be able to tell that the water is up a few inches from its previous low. And, of course, colors are starting to change.

The trench was filled with concrete and I have a video of that work. This has been slowed down a lot because the whole process was only around 20 minutes. There was nothing else of interest on the construction camera all week. The trench will be filled in with dirt on Monday.

Here is a picture of the telephone pole where some of the conduits terminate. I do not know what will happen if this pole ever needs to be replaced.

Inside the house we have two crews working, the electricians and the HVAC installers. The electricians are installing the panels in the basement (first picture) and inside the garage.

For the HVAC, I noticed a new pipe. This black pipe contains the connection that will go to the external heat exchangers. Here you can see it coming up through the closet wall on the second floor.

And here is the crawl space above the front bedroom. You can see where the black tubes come out as well as some of the duct work. These will connect to the air handling unit for the second floor.

It seems like all of the openings for air vents have been cut, and many of them have the end of the ducts installed. The first picture shows the returns in the game room. The second picture shows the duct ends in the basement under the living room (the blue water pipe runs to the exterior faucet).

Here is the work list for the upcoming week:

  • Back fill the trench on Monday
  • Siding being delivered Wednesday
  • Complete deck framing and deck stairs
  • Then prime deck frame, hopefully this week
  • Install gutter sample
  • Continue HVAC duct work
  • Continue electrical wiring 

The construction camera was not moved so it will capture the backfilling. Then I will reposition it for the siding work (which will be the week after next).

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