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NEMA what?

So, thankfully despite it saying in my electrical book that some early NEMA marked cable had a smaller diameter earth wire than is the current…
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Yesterday was a good day

We spent much of the day on Sunday doing calculations and measurements. We worked out the height of the wall in our bedroom, we spent…
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Just add more plastic

Progress on the house continues apace. If it weren’t for the mould taking over the ceiling – and the struggle to dry out the damp,…
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Oh good…mould.

So one of the challenges is the speed with which we can get work done. There are only two of us some of the time,…
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So everything is all lined up…ah oh.

Uh. Our contractor sent us an e-mail which, to paraphrase and summarise, said: Something went horribly wrong on another job due to a subcontractor, I…
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Ah, yes, that about describes it.

Here is the current learning curve:  So, back when we were planning to build our house from scratch there were many things we didn’t need…
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Not to count chickens but…

Quoth the e-mail this morning: “The above-referenced permit has been approved and is ready to be issued”. Just the electrical permit to submit and I…
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In which I think out-typed some more

I’ve been feeling this melancholia or even the vague edges of depression again. I cheer up around Kathryn and around friends, but even then at…
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Movement (of plants at least)

So, our arborist has been around and hacked down our holly tree, chopped it into bits and stacked the burnable bits (yay). He’s also trimmed…
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House Maths

So, we’re moving the fuse box electrical panel (and replacing the shonky crappy old panel. I’ve spent this morning sat working through this document that…