Wired

Well the weeks are full of all kinds of fun house projects. The bathroom renovation is moving along slowly but surely. The walls are up and mudded and taped. We are waiting on some backordered tile to arrive and that is holding things up a little, but I don't mind because I LOVE the tile and it is worth the wait! :) It will all come together very quickly once that is done. In the meantime, the patio project has been completed and I LOVE it! It was quite a fiasco. All sorts of issues come up with these old homes. As we found in this case, once we tore up the old sidewalk, it was discovered that when the previous owners built the detached garage and ran power to it, they basically wired an old extension cord and ran it about an inch inder ground, not encased in any sort of conduit! YIKES! It was frayed and hot and as soon as the concrete moved, the wire disintegrated, cutting power to the garage entirely.

Sooooo.....we had an electrician come to the house to help us wire it properly. A lot of times old owners overload the board in old homes and we wanted to be sure it was done right. Before that, though, Nick had to dig a trench from the house to the garage - at code depth of 12-18 inches - and run it where the soon-to-be-new-patio would be as well, then get the conduit set. Thankfully, between Nick and the electrician we got it all sorted out for the most part. There are lights in the garage and the garage door opens. The electrician told us that our garage was wired horribly and is giving us a good plan to rewire it properly which is so nice of him. There are some things that you want some help from the pros on, you know? To avoid a disaster later on.

While it was frustrating to be digging ditches and having schedules be pushed back, those are mere blips. We are so excited to be able to make these improvements and make our house more "healthy" in a sense. Giving the old gem a little new shine. I love love love our sweet little home. This sounds strange, but I almost feel like the house feels happy to be getting some good attention. It's fun!

I will post pics soon. Time to play with the kids!