We stopped at the house Sunday afternoon on the way back from my daughter's graduation in Moscow (more about that tonight or tomorrow), and I am gratified to report that the builder is back, both doing some minor fixes to exterior paint (we could have done that ourselves, but nice nonetheless) and installation of the drainage pipes front and rear of the garage seems to be under way (something that would have been outside our area of expertise, but we might have muddled through, while cursing the builder's name continuously).
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Here you can see the strangely insect-like device used for the excavation.
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One thing the builder ended up using the broken up chunks from the driveway for was to fill in the space behind the garage, upon which we are going to pour more road mix, to create a dry walkway that won't form puddles.
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There's another interesting story. We received a phone call from Suburban Propane on Tuesday or Wednesday informing us that they had repaired a gas leak. We were pleased, wondering how they could have become aware of a gas leak with no one in the house. Is there some telemetry on the LP gas tank?
We found out Thursday evening, when a bill arrived. Apparently, the contractor digging the trench for the permanent phone line hit the gas line that ran to the backup generator, and promptly called Suburban Propane. Anyway, after playing phone tag, the contactor told us to send the bill for the repairs to his employer. Apparently, it is common practice (perhaps even required--he wasn't sure) to bury an electrical wire next to the gas line which is a "locator wire." This is what the gadgets that detect buried utility lines look for--and which was present from the LP gas tank to the regulator, but not from the regulator to the backup generator. I'm not quite sure why it wasn't buried with the gas line, but I have requested an explanation from the builder.
Last house project entry.
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