It was another cold start (guess we have to get used to that!) - I headed out to do a little shopping for our giving tree at church while there wasn't any snow on the streets to deal with.
Jim headed out to the property - he got the next piece of fascia board all cut, primed and painted.
Plus, he got the double stud put together for our next wall section as well as a couple more studs cut. These need to be fastened down but our hallway wall is taking shape!
Our big goal for the day was to get the main electric cable into the carriage house. Now that Jim has a coupler that actually fits on the conduit the way it's supposed to, we can move forward. Here Jim is gluing the conduit...
And putting the coupler on.
Inside the breaker box it goes...
and then a locking ring holds it in place.
The next step was to work on the outside connections. The pull elbow box was already glued onto the conduit so now Jim can fasten the box to the trim. He put caulk behind the box to make sure no water could get behind it.
The next piece of conduit gets attached to the pull elbow box on one end and has an expansion coupler on the other end. This special coupler allows for movement to compensate for any freeze/thaw issues that may occur. Here Jim is gluing the expansion coupler to the end of the conduit.
Then back outside to glue the conduit into the pull elbow box.
Because Jim has made lots of trips up/down on the scaffolding, things were starting to thaw and get icy underfoot. Time to shovel the scaffolding! This was certainly not prime working conditions - everything is wet, so your gloves and shoes get soaked and cold.
After the conduit was glued into place, Jim used two of his modified clips to hold the conduit to the trim board.
Next, we dug the electric cable out of the snow, slipped the next piece of conduit on the end, and pulled the conduit onto the cable.
Then we had to push the electric cable up the conduit until it came out the top of the box. Remember that this is extremely thick cable - 3 part - plus the ground wire.
Next came the really, really hard part! Jim had to get the end of the cable and push it through the conduit that comes into the house. I stayed inside and helped to pull the end as it came through. But it was really tough - especially at the end where the thick cable had to make the final bend into the box. Jim thought at one point that we may have to pull it all out again, untape all the cables and do each one separately. But we eventually got it! We were exhausted but so thrilled!
All of the permanent cable is now inside the breaker box!
The outside view - you can imagine how hard it was to bend that really thick bundle of cable at the very end!
Now that the cable is in the conduit inside, Jim can put the cover on the outside box and fasten it.
You can see the other piece of conduit lying on the ground. It will eventually be glued into the bottom of the other conduit. However, at this point, it would just be hanging there putting stress on that glue joint. Come spring when we can backfill this area, we'll attach the conduit. For now, a little duct tape will seal the opening so that no little critters find their way inside.
There wasn't much daylight left, but on the heels of our excitement about the electric cable, we decided to try and get the next piece of fascia board attached to the side of the auto bay.
All in place and Jim is fastening it.
Since that piece went so well, we decided to push it a little more and put up the first piece of fascia on the back of the auto bay.
So...much to celebrate today!
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