Shingles & a Front Door

There was good progress today. The roofing crew got about 35% of the roof shingled this afternoon. This morning the front door was delivered and by late this afternoon it had been installed. The installer said he did not like doing installation of the eight foot high exterior doors, as they were difficult for him to handle and level due to their weight.

Also, the electric meter box was installed on the outside side wall of the Study. No power was connected, but now the electricians have a main box for their main power cable. I'm somewhat amazed that the main power pedestal is on the left side of the house, and the cable, telephone, water, and gas are on the other side. The cable and telephone installers use the same ground as the main power, so they will have to tunnel under the driveway to get to it. Logically, it would seem that all the utility points should be on the same side of each house, to reduce trenching and installation costs, but I guess it doesn't work that way in real life.

The roofers left trash from the shingle packages all over the site, as well as the containers from their lunch and water / soft drink containers. I spent some time picking them up and taking them to the dumpster, so the trash would not blow into the lakes or onto the neighbor's yard. Apparently the concept of clean-up has not been considered by most construction crews.