We've been excitedly waiting for the time when our electrical service would be installed and we'd finally have power - this was the week.
Kicking off our series on installing electrical service, we walk through service sizing, transformer location and primary transmission line placement.
As we're building our dream home in Vermont, there's one big question we have to answer: should we connect to power or go off-grid?
Before we can drink from our well, we need to test the water to make sure it's safe. After a nervous wait, here's what we discovered.
How do you run a well pump manually using power from a generator? We create a temporary setup to do just that and fill our RV tank.
You might think installing a well pump is a job for the professionals, but we did it ourselves and added some very cool extra capability!
Before we build the house, we're constructing a utility building - far from a shed, this high-efficiency building is a critical part of out infrastructure.
