The ball cedar is too close to the maple tree.
May 11, 2023
Firesmart says the cedar should go.
March 20, 2024
March 20
March 20
We were sad to kill the grand old bush, but...
March 20
It makes way for a new car port (stakes).
May 21
Some black locusts are also in the way.
June 10
Site cleared.
June 11
Digging out the cedar stump.
May 21
Gonna have to grind it out. Thanks, Vincent Treeworks of Glade, BC.
May 22
I dig a test trench to make sure future wiring avoids the old rock pit that used to serve as our kitchen septic field. Success!
May 8
Removing those black locust trees.
June 10
Broke my shovel. :-(
June 10
So many locust roots. They send out long, thick runners.
June 11
I start removing sod.
July 1
More stubborn roots. They're everywhere!
July 1
Sod for the compost pile.
July 16
I left the maple's roots in place.
July 20
Levelled and tamped and rolled. I used our EV like a steamroller.
July 22
Landscape cloth in place.
July 24
12.4 metric tonnes of gravel & sand (road crush).
July 24
I used topsoil from the car port area to level the lawn (hand tamper at left).
July 24
Levelled and tamped. Water helps compact the road crush further.
July 24
Buttons approves.
July 25
Working on the main driveway.
August 5
August 5
I added lots of gravel to the end of the drive to flatten its slope a bit.
August 5
August 5
August 5
Buttons jumps over a pile of topsoil.
August 5
A pipe I buried beneath the gravel locates the future charger conduit.
August 7
Some temporary conduit will locate the corner of the car port.
August 7
We purchased a 10 ft x 10 ft cart port from MS Steel Design in Thrums, BC.
August 8
August 8
Martin Scheulin, master craftsman, assembles his work with a helper.
August 8
August 8
August 8
August 8
Martin welds on site.
August 8
These plates (left) will mount a future EV charger.
August 8
Sharon goes to work.
August 9
August 9
August 9
Beans helps level the final section of driveway.
August 19
Done.
August 19
The overgrown driveway before this outdoor renovation.
May 22
August 21
August 21
August 21
Time to wire the L2 charger.
September 20
The trench passes under many roots.
September 16
I dig deep.
October 3
This end of the conduit has to be fished into place.
September 20
From here it runs up to the charger, protected by metal conduit.
September 20
More flex conduit feeds a lighting circuit above the charger.
September 25
This circuit pops out the back of the charger.
September 25
Lights are needed in the carport because of its distance from the house.
September 29
At the other end of the trench, the conduit enters our house.
September 20
I suck a string from the carport into the house with our vacuum cleaner.
September 26
The string is used to pull five wires through the conduit.
September 27
Those wires are then fished through more conduit in our utility room...
October 9
...up to our electrical panel.
October 9
Time to test the charger.
October 10
It works!
October 10
I back fill the trench and bury the required safety tape.
October 12
Sparkles approves.
October 15
So does Beans.
October 15
October 15
November 3
The carport lights illuminate the car and the path to the house. The project was complete except for one thing...
May 20, 2025
Christmas lights!
December 24, 2024
December 24
January 4, 2025
all photos © Jeff Hohner, 2024-25