DAY 33 - Solar installed and rough in begins!

A busy day onsite today - Monday 17th September.  It reminded me of The Block where there's lots of trades on site at once all working around each other.


To meet the energy efficiency requirements, Plantation install solar hot water and solar electricity (1.5kW) as standard on their houses.  We have upgraded the inverter to 3kW so we can add additional panels in the future if we want to.  Today the panels installed.  They look huge on the ground but normal once they're up.  They look really heavy to have to carry up a ladder and onto the scaffolding.  Glad it's not my job!

Rails for solar panels

Solar panels intsalled

Rails for solar hot water

Solar hot water installed

 

The plumbers also began all the pipes, drains, gas connections etc.  It's really interesting as you don't normally get to see what goes inside the wall.  Good luck to the insulation guy fitting the batts around all of that...


Our electrician also began wiring the house today.  It's a big job and he'll take a few days to do it as he's there by himself.  Up and down the ladder all day.

Green is cold water, black is hot water pipes

Hot water storage tank - wish we had of extended the slab for it to sit on

An extra pipe installed for future trickle feed direct to sink

165 days to go!