Friday, 23 May 2014

let there be power I – construction of a house for the solar power system

We recently had our builder Simon construct a new duck’s house as we had planned to buy a solar power system for which we wanted to use the old duck’s house. Last week we finally bought the needed equipment in Masindi and therefore had to engage Simon again to rebuild the old duck’s house to fit all the equipment. We wanted it to be about 2 m high so firstly one could easily walk inside and secondly the solar panels would be in a perfect position to producing power during the day.

Finally Simon and his employee started to rework the old house. First they removed the roof and stored it for later use. Then they layed bricks, plastered everything, re-attached the roof and finalised. After they left I had to clean and later remove a remaining metal post, which was formerly  used to fix the fence around the old duck’s house. After two or three days the house would be dry and ready for the electrician to install the solar power equipment.

 

Charles cleaning the old duck’s house before the construction begins
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our builders removing the roof
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and storing it for later reuse
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Moritz monopolized a pile of sand that later would be used to mix cement
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Simon laying bricks
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after plastering
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Simon re-attaching the roofIMG_2322

that’s it – our new house for the solar power equipment
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