Friday morning-the last big push is on!
We are under the gun to get at least all the solar panels installed so that the expensive-to-rent reach lift can get returned on time and not add a bunch of extra cost to the job.
Last nights big rain storm made the roof real slippery, and we still had a lot of edge work to do 20 feet up, so speed was going to have to take a back seat to caution.
The storm also had a bunch of critters running around, like this baby toad (or frog?) that I had to move to keep him from getting run over.
The good news is there was a nice cloud cover, so the temperature stayed nice and cool for several hours, allowing us to be pretty productive instead of just pretty sweaty. LOL
We gingerly made our way through the roof edge work, and then about that time the sun came out.
So much for not being sweaty!
However, that dried the roof up, and so with positive footing, we were back up to full speed, and our little system of preparing and lifting and mounting the panels was now a well oiled machine, and before we knew it, we were bolting down the last panel by noon!
Despite a bunch of issues and setbacks, we had managed to meet our primary goal of releasing the reach lift by Friday. We still had a day’s worth of conduit and wiring to do on the roof that we had hoped to also have done by Friday, but all things considered, we were pretty happy with the progress we managed.
And with that, we packed up camp and hit the road one jump ahead of a new thunderstorm that was rolling in-which caught us just about the time we hit pavement.
It was time for a weekend of rest, laundry, some cocktails, and catching our breath to prepare for next weeks misadventures.
Surely next week would go better, wouldn’t it?…