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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: RJ on April 28, 2014, 09:23:53 pm

Title: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: RJ on April 28, 2014, 09:23:53 pm
I posted this to the mods and thought some of the members may like to see.

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After I finished the solar array I have ;

Painted the house, redid the deck, pressure cleaned the roofs, removed 5 oak trees, cleaned out and trimmed the other oaks, mended the 800 ft of fence, pressure cleaned the driveways, jack hammered up formed and repoured the back sidewalk that got broke. installed a 7 ft high concrete fountian to include staining it, planted all new landscape with boarder, put down 8,000 pounds of rubber mulch, tore up the yard and admended the soil with 80 cubic yards of peat moss, installed a new well pump in the ground, dug and installed 2400 ft of pvc pipe and 70 sprinklers, replaced the whole 32,000 sq feet of yard with new sod (64 pallets of sod), filled every hole between the pieces with soil by hand, I am now finishing by installing 25 sprinklers in the new landscape beds. So I have been a little busy.

This is what you have to do after working on christmas stuff for 7 years without keeping up your home.

RJ

Below is a before and after photo of the front.
Title: Re: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: RJ on April 28, 2014, 09:25:21 pm
A couple more pics

RJ
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Post by: MrChristmas2000 on April 28, 2014, 09:56:33 pm
Good looking job.

Will the solar array power your lights.  :)
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Post by: rrowan on April 28, 2014, 10:09:28 pm
Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.
Title: Re: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: RJ on April 28, 2014, 10:14:31 pm
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Good looking job.

Will the solar array power your lights.  :)

Been powering everything for about 8 months.

See for yourself :
https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/qCZT228900

Made 11.3 Mega Watt Hours so far. Thats 3,780,013 AA batteries worth for those wondering.  :)

I haven't paid a power bill since I turned it on. Got a check from the power company in January for the excess I produced.

RJ
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Post by: RJ on April 28, 2014, 10:14:59 pm
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Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.

Thanks Ricky!   <fp.

RJ
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Post by: rrowan on April 28, 2014, 10:17:16 pm
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Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.

Thanks Ricky!   <fp.

RJ

No problem I am here to push, err oops Help (yeah thats the word) ::)

me again

Title: Re: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: TexasStingray on April 28, 2014, 10:49:47 pm
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I haven't paid a power bill since I turned it on. Got a check from the power company in January for the excess I produced.

RJ

Sweet, Which I had a place big enough, I only have 1 panel for now.
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Post by: kernal on April 28, 2014, 11:05:10 pm
Thats awesome RJ!  Both the landscaping and the whole solar energy!  I wish i knew more about how to do it!

Kernal
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Post by: duane.mosley on April 28, 2014, 11:16:17 pm
major difference on curb appeal. nice work RJ.
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Post by: t.jo13 on April 29, 2014, 08:39:17 am
awesome.... looks great. Alot of hard work put into it for sure   :)
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Post by: taybrynn on April 29, 2014, 09:22:32 am
An amazing transformation ... Good job! 
Title: Re: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: RJ on April 29, 2014, 11:04:54 am
Thanks it has been a lot of work and I am glad to be at the end.

RJ
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Post by: twooly on April 29, 2014, 11:57:20 am
Wow its a whole different house, great job.  Can you teach my neighbors to take care of their stuff? :)
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Post by: onesmoothhead on April 29, 2014, 03:24:48 pm
RJ, it is really looking grand!  I bet you can not wait to sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor.  Kevin
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Post by: dmaccole on April 29, 2014, 07:03:21 pm
RJ:

Very nice.

\dmc
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Post by: rdebolt on April 29, 2014, 10:41:36 pm
Looks great RJ! Always nice to step back and see that your hard work has paid off!

Roger
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Post by: PJNMCT on April 30, 2014, 08:06:03 am
Good for you RJ!

-Paul
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Post by: rubel864 on April 30, 2014, 01:11:27 pm
Becky must have put her foot down and said "Enough is Enough". Looks great nephew. Will see you soon. Johnny is going to be a daddy today. We will be on the road next week.  Uncle Jim
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Post by: RJ on April 30, 2014, 03:16:54 pm
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Becky must have put her foot down and said "Enough is Enough". Looks great nephew. Will see you soon. Johnny is going to be a daddy today. We will be on the road next week.  Uncle Jim

Be Safe!

It's a long drive I know!
RJ
Title: Re: Whats RJ been doing?
Post by: Gary on April 30, 2014, 03:45:02 pm
I know we're supposed to put sand down on our lawns to improve drainage, but it looks like the lawn was buried in sand in the "Before" photo!
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Post by: DonFL on April 30, 2014, 04:06:13 pm
Very nice. And what's on the to-do list for next weekend?  ;D
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Post by: typoagain on May 30, 2014, 06:36:14 am
Looks great RJ. now how would you like to come visit for a couple of weeks . . . ? >:D