Good evening readers! I hope the new year is treating you well so far!
If you came to see more photos and read about updates on The Homestead, you have come to the right place. : )
Mainly, this post will wrap up the major outdoor projects and necessities, such as the four water hydrants we installed.
The men who did the foundations came out again and put in the entire septic system. I wasn't there during most of the installation, but here are a few pictures of the progress.
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| The two large cement objects on the trailer are the septic tank. |
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| In this picture, the septic tank is in the ground. |
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| This picture shows where the sewage line come out of the boarding building. When they first did the footer, they left a hole in it for the line to go through. |
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| A picture of the leach lines. |
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| A view of the septic tank in the ground. |
Another neighbor helped hook up the gas to the buildings. He, Dad, and Big J. put the line through the wall in two places on each building so that we could get the heaters going. There is one heater per large/class room.
While installing the heaters, Dad, Big J., Little J., and I could see our breath inside the buildings. It was so cold in there! Once we got a heater in, it was hard to leave the warm spot to go work on the heater in the other, much colder room.
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| Dad and Big J. getting the heater ready to be hung and connected to the gas. |
Three of the heaters are white and have orange colored bricks when turned on to heat the room. The fourth heater is black and has a blue flame/light instead of orange bricks, and because of that, it doesn't put out as much light when the room is dark. Therefore, the black one is in my bed room.
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| I took this picture right after turning on the heater. Those bricks are still warming up; they'll be bright orange when hot. |
Dad, Mom, Big and Little J, and I finished covering the ditches and lines, finalizing that huge part of this adventure.
