START OF THE UTILITY INSTALL

Once all the trenching was complete Manny and his crew descended on the site to install the rough plumbing for all the drains and greywater.  Once installed a water test was completed with no leaks detected!  

Manny working on the plumbing drains 

 Master bath plumbing .. our future throne will be located above the big
 pipe with the white cap in the center of the picture

Casita plumbing with greywater pipes going to the west under
the concrete forms.  Red conduits are for the electrical.  Your
throne will be above the pipe with the white cap.


Next came Tom and Jason to install the main electrical panel.  Once that was installed, they finished excavating the trench from the junction box to the panel.  Then Doug the electrician came in and installed the lugs and attached the address tag to the front.  This address tag is a big deal as the electric company, TEP, wouldn't approve the install until it was attached.  Who knew?  Last Friday, TEP came out, opened the junction box so we could hook up the conduit, inspected the trench and panel, and gave the OK to backfill the trench.  One more thing to cross off the to do list.  We should have power to the site in a week or so!

Jason (foreman) and Tom (contractor) installing the main electrical panel

The approved panel and Doug working on the main house electrical

While all the above was going on, Tom and Jeff finished installing the pipe from the water tank at the top of the hill down to the site.  Now we are ready to back fill this trench.

Water line from the tank to the site

A panoramic shot for perspective.  Doug's van is parked in the "garage"