Archive | July, 2007

Why My Electricity Won’t Work

31. July 2007

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I’ve run into some problems with the electricity in our house. Actually, we’ve had numerous problem with the electric here, for years. Only two of the four bedroom lights work. Various outlet receptacles are faulty. We’ve tolerated the situation for years, but I think we will have to do something drastic now. Quickly. After we [...]

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Oops

30. July 2007

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I’m pulling out my hair in frustration and worry tonight. My husband and I decided to bite the bullet and remove that mouse-chewed wire we found in our Living Room wall. Oops. That wire powered about half the house: two outlets in the kitchen (and we only had three total in there anyway), the entire [...]

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Electrician Shock

28. July 2007

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Yesterday I wired half the Living Room. One wall now has four– yes, folks, four– outlet receptacles! That was the total number of receptacles in the entire room before we started. I am doing all the wiring myself. And, unless a reliable electrician enters our lives within the next week, I will probably be tying [...]

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It’s Done!

28. July 2007

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Our drywell project is completed! We sweated it out on one of the hottest days of the summer to finish it. I’ll keep the narrative brief, with photos: Below: Filling with rocks. We elimated our “rock pile” with this project. Our rock pile was a collection of various rocks, bricks, broken asphalt, and broken cinder [...]

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A Smashing Job

23. July 2007

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Today we progressed more on our drywell project. The hardest of the project is behind us! Last week, I bought a very large plastic garbage barrel (I could not find a regular rain barrel) and drilled a 4-inch hole in the bottom side. The kids laid about a foot’s depth of rocks at the bottom [...]

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