This is the solar panel that runs the pump. Today we tested the system and found 2 leaks. One was a joint I forgot to glue (old age sucks). We have cleared out the path for the water pipe and laid out the pipe. Next we will rent a trencher and a couple of the neighborhood high school boys to run it!!
On the home front, we cleaned out the screened porch and set up a new chop saw in preparation for installing the ceiling (tongue and groove poplar) and the window and door trim.
Also, the kitchen sink has been refinished and looks beautiful. This was the sink in the old church that we were working on before the flood. It is enamel over steel. I love the two drainboards. It is sitting on cardboard and is not installed yet.
The bathroom cabinets have been installed. They are black walnut. On the right is the cabinet for the composting toilet. All of the kinds of wood we have used in building the house (poplar, hickory, walnut, pine, red cedar) grow in abundance on our property. We are preserving the forest to replenish what we use and much more.
Finally, Randy painted the basement walls. He put on two coats of Drylok (white), then one coat of green that matches the rest of the house exterior.
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of our buying the property and the first anniversary since moving into the basement. We were hoping to be moving "upstairs" by now, but it still will be a few months at least.
