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We have power and water at the shed.
It only took 5 and 1/2 years, but the shed is finally complete! We had the shed built back in 2019 when we first purchased the property. It wasn't until early 2024 when we finally built the house, so there was no way to do anything else with the shed. But it came in handy during construction and when we came to visit each year. If you want to read about the shed being built, check out this story...
We spent the last few days running electricity and networking down to the shed near the dock. This gives us lights, plus power to run a water pump and anything else we need power for down there. The network cable connects our security cameras to the house and gives us internet all the way out to the beach and the dock. All that is left is to bury the conduit that connects the shed to the house.
We started by rolling the two network cables onto a spool to make things easier. Then a 12 gauge cable was taped to a 14 gauge cable and then the two network cables were taped to that. They all got connected to a rope that we snaked through the conduit and we pulled!
The wires all got secured and tied into the switches and plugs. Testing shows two yellow lights, meaning we got it all connected correctly.
Once the power was finished, it was time to plumb in the water pump. We had hoped that gravity would give enough pressure but it wasn't even close. Only being a few feet above the ground simply wasn't enough. We purchased a small pump with a built-in pressure tank. We don't need much for down here. The pump's cable goes through wall of the shed and plugs into a switched circuit. This way we can leave it turned off unless we need it. If someone needs a little water but the shed is locked, they can still get it but there will only be gravity pressure. No problem!
This project has really made life a lot easier down at the shed and dock. It was a pain to run extension cords and hoses to reach from the house. Now all we need is a water filter to produce clean drinking water at the tank.
We are very happy and proud to have the skills needed to do these types of jobs. This kind of stuff would cost us a small fortune and would rarely turn out just the way we want if we had to hire people to do the work. Another nice thing about having the skills is that if we decide we don't like something, we can just change it. It's no big deal. And it feels good to have Tina learning how all the systems work as we go along.
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