Arrival of the Dome
Monday morning of January 12th, was an interesting moment, to say the least. The morning before my wife and I awoke to the smell of something burning. Minutes later there was smoke billowing out of the vents in the house. It turned out that the heat limit switch on our oil furnace had malfunctioned, and the oil burner just kept heating and getting hotter and hotter. Some of the Armaflex insulation had some how gotten inside the air conditioner coil on top of the furnace. Given that it's rated to stay flexible to 220 degrees, it's no wonder that it melted down and caused all the smoke. So after having our HVAC person there all day Sunday, he was due to arrive at 8:00 Monday morning with a new temp limit switch.
So, on Monday morning we of course missed the bus, so after dropping off everyone I was late getting back to the house. As I'm getting close to home my phone rings, and it's the HVAC guy asking where I am. Then at the same time I get a call from Yellow Freight about the dome. The gentleman on the phone was asking if someone would be there tomorrow for the delivery and wanted to make sure we had something to get the large box off his truck. I explained that he was delivery the shipment to a residence and that my neighbor had borrowed my fork lift. He suggested I call the shipper to discuss a resolution.After getting the HVAC guy started on his job I called Jerry Smith at Technical Innovations and explained the situation. He jumped right in to help, calling me back minutes later with two flat bed towing services that could do the job. About an hour later I had received a call from the towing company asking for directions and telling me they would bring it here later that afternoon. At least there was a glimmer of sunshine on this very dreary day. The driver didn't know if he should go up the construction road, so he stopped and walked up the hill to talk to the guys putting on the siding. After explaining my intention of putting it in the yard, he jumped back in the truck and drove up the driveway.
Dome Delivery
From there he maneuvered around by the garage and I had planned on him putting on a spot in the yard the would hopefully be out of the way yet still allow us to get to it easily. Given that it was a flat bed truck, it was a pretty easy delivery. He backed up the truck as far as he could go, unhooked the straps, and then carefully and slowly lowered it onto the ground.
The drop off went pretty easily, although his truck slid towards him slightly. We had gotten a few inches of snow that day, which made it even more interesting.
Bombs Away
