{"id":1044,"date":"2025-04-03T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:36:24","slug":"home-update-2025-apr-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/home-update-2025-apr-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Update : 2025-Apr-02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a while since I’ve posted regarding the home build project. The floor plans were done, trees cleared, access-way created and a well installed. By late fall, nothing else. Contractors and suppliers seemed to be too busy with other work. I took the winter to re-evaluate options for construction in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During that time a few things have changed. At the end of November the estimate for electrical service poles came in and was much higher than anticipated, enough that I decided to go solar. The frame construction has been modified to maximize insulation values. Due to contractor concerns with large vehicle access for a concrete foundation, I’m going back to helical screw piles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday morning, the septic contractor came out to dig a test pit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, I ordered a solar system. It should arrive in two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So despite river still being frozen, spring is in the air and things are starting to happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve posted regarding the home build project. The floor plans were done, trees cleared, access-way created and a well installed. By late fall, nothing else. Contractors and suppliers seemed to be too busy with other work. I took the winter to re-evaluate options for construction in the spring. During that … Continue reading Home Update : 2025-Apr-02<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}