Solar Pole Barn

Bill St. Clair, Saturday, 14 July, 2012

My neighbor, Wali, has been working for a long time on plans for a solar pole barn, to supply part of the power needs of the Abode of the Message, and for storage. Frank, of Jones Boys Construction, who I still think of as "Weasel", though he's been discouraging that nickname of late, has been working for the last week preparing the ground for it. He finished yesterday, and the building materials were delivered. Below are some photos. Click on any one for a higher-resolution version (most 1200x900 and 350K to 550K in size).

Construction is scheduled to begin on Monday. I'll add more photos as it progresses.

Quick jump: July 13 16 17 18 19 20 24 26 27 August 2 14 15 17 September 10 overview

Friday, 13 July, 2012

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Frank (Weasel) of Jones Boys Construction
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Frank (Weasel) of Jones Boys Construction
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The delivery truck
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The forklift transporting a load
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Another shot of that load
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Materials
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Materials
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The roof supports. Note the long side for the solar panels
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Close-up of a roof support
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Close-up of fork-lift

Monday, 16 July, 2012

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Post holes
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Concrete bases for posts
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Wood laid out

Tuesday, 17 July, 2012

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Poles placed in holes
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Poles secured
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Bottom of secured pole
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Two front secured poles

Wednesday, 18 July, 2012

Weasel spread white stone inside the posts.

Thursday, 19 July, 2012

The workers were here, but got nothing visible done.
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Pole with white rock

Friday, 20 July, 2012

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Front topped
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Side topped
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Front topped close-up

Tuesday, 24 July, 2012

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Roof Supports from north
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Roof supports from southwest

Thursday, 26 July, 2012

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Roof paneling begin

Friday, 27 July, 2012

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Roof paneling continues
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Back roof paneling begins
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Side view
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Inside view

Friday, 27 July, 2012

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Front roof complete

Thursday, 2 August, 2012

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Nailing siding
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Front view with back siding in place

Tuesday, 14 August, 2012

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New roof for old maintenance shed
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Cut road for power conduit

Wednesday, 15 August, 2012

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Conduit materials
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Conduit materials close-up
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Conduit ditch 1
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Conduit ditch 2
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Conduit ditch 3
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Conduit ditch 4

Friday, 17 August, 2012

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Wali on the tractor

Monday, 10 September, 2012

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Solar panels delivered!
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Lots of solar panels

Overview Photos

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Wednesday, July 18, 8am
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Thursday, July 19, 1pm ("f'ing excavator")
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Saturday, July 21, 7am
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Wednesday, July 25, 8am
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Saturday, July 28, 7:15am
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Wednesday, August 1, 1:20pm
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Friday, August 3, 6:50am
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Friday, August 14, 6:50am
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Saturday, August 15, 8:41am
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Friday, August 31, 1:23pm

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