Day 5 on the Mall
Ashley and Becca enjoying a break in our semi-finished Living Room.
Our first crew went home today! Team ZEROW said goodbye to David (who will be coming back on Friday after thesis reviews), Jessy, Jon, and Kevin (all three will be coming back for disassembly) this morning as this awesome group of guys left on the early flight to Houston (they all had to be back in time for studio).
Day 5 was a day for excercising patience…
Today we were on site at 7:15AM, expecting to carry hose for water, but it didn’t come until later in the day, so to fill up time we bleached the porches and parts of the ramp, cleaned up furniture, and installed bathroom hardwares. We even cleaned some of the aluminum skin.
We also got water, finally! and filled up our entire tank, which is all of the water we are going to use throughout the competition.
In the afternoon we became the 2nd team to have electricity on after Team California. It was a dramatic event! All the lights are working in the ZEROW. Tomorrow we will test out appliances since some of the wires still needed some work.
Roque, our engineering lead, smiling because the ZEROW is hooked up to the Solar Village mini-grid, and is producing solar powered electricity.
NPR came and interviewed some of us, even taking pictures.
Becca and Ryan on NPR.
We also had a plumbing problem today. Things had been going so smoothly…Late at night Roque found out that there was a leak in the bathroom wall between the kitchen and bathroom sinks, most likely caused by the stress of transport and multiple crane lifts. He and Brent had to tear open the wall, removing the sink and sheetrock, and fixing the leak. The problem is smaller and less messy than expected, but there’s still a fix-up paint job to be done.
Fixing our plumbing leak.
The electric guys seemed to be very busy. One of the solar water tubes broke but they’re finding replacement soon.
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