Jodi painstakingly separated aluminum and steel from copper -- (Jodi's note: pulling literally thousands of fins from old radiator pipes and then cutting out . . . every . . . single . . . joint, totalling hundreds and hundreds of pieces of metal)
-- and when all was said and done, we walked away with a big wad of cash in hand. Twenty dollars shy of what we needed to pay the electrician today to install our new electrical panel.
From this...
To this!
A nice trade.
We laugh at how many times a MAN has offered to "take our metal to the dump for us". Boys, boys, boys!
This house was a conglomeration of ancient wiring meets even more ancient wiring. Sometimes a breaker in the off position still meant power at the site of our work. Needless to say, the threat of a good jolt of electricity is a little off-putting even when your feet are touching the ground, but when standing on a ladder, well, it's downright scary. One of our first acts of business was removing all unnecessary electrical from this house. What this means is that if you want a piece of toast, you must unplug the microwave, plug in the toaster, toast the bread and then eat your toast in a dimly lit house. This box marks a new era. One I used to take for granted.
Let the stringing of new wires begin!
2 comments:
Yaaaaayy! A new blog! It's nice to see everything is going good. Now you just needs a big flat screen tv to break in that new wiring and to watch Weeds on.
Jodi and Alicia,
Embarrisingly, I lost the piece of paper that Alicia gave me with the name and address for my paper work, so I put google to work. Was happy to see my electrical work portrayed in an approving manor. Thanx for the business and good luck with interior. Need a permit pulled...let me know.
Ben
ben@henningbroselectric.com
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