Re: Billy Bob or Bubba

Posted by JDEM on January 09, 2017 at 07:21:51 from (70.194.25.20):

In Reply to: Billy Bob or Bubba posted by BobReeves on January 09, 2017 at 05:53:06:

Hey -at least your mess was overt and easy to see. Mine was hidden.

Here are some photos from the last foreclosed home I bought. Old 40 acre farm in northern Michigan and the work was done by the farmer and
his friends. Sorry - not done by "Billy Bob" or "Bubba." Just by someone low on funds trying to get by.

Old pole barn had an underground 100 amp 220 volt service and one leg was dead. I saw a low spot out in the sheep pasture and dug by hand
with a shovel. I found where the buried cable had been drilled through with a fence-post auger and then spliced with duct tape and a short
length of copper against the URD aluminum. I repaired it with some water-proof splices and got rid of the copper.

Then inside the house - found the roof collapsing because the rafters were 14 foot long, free-span and only rough 2" X 4" poplar. I had to
more-or-less, build in place trusses to save the roof from the inside. It had a major leak just over the main electric panel and it was a
mess. Half the breakers did not work due to water damage.

I built a new pole barn out back , 250 feet from the house and ran some underground URD cable in conduit, under water, for a 80 amp, 220
volt service. NOT fun laying it under water but no choice. Water is three feet down and I dug the trench four feet deep.

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