Yesterday Ryker and crew came out and continued working on the roof; they did the flashing that seals the joint between the garage roof and the wall of the second story of the rest of the house. I forgot to take a photo of that! I should also note that these guys are super polite; … Continue reading PowerWall! →

Yesterday was beautiful outside so the crew came and started work. They showed up around 8:00am and Ryker rang the doorbell and asked me to open the gate, then away they went! There was caution tape set up across our front yard (perhaps because the neighborhood kids love to play outside every day and they … Continue reading It has begun! →

I thought I'd do before/after photos of our house and some of the places that are going to get new equipment added. In case anybody was wondering, the reason we call our house Hickory Hill is because we have a steep hill in the back with a hickory tree we've creatively named Mr. Hickory. You … Continue reading Our House — Before →

Today was too rainy to start tearing off our shingles (they don't want to risk water damage to the roof decking while the weatherproofing is off) so the crew didn't start work yet. The two things that were still "on" for today though were delivery of a port-o-pottie, which Derrick had said is required by … Continue reading Heeeere’s Johnny! →

Yesterday was D-Day, by which we mean Derrick Day. The Project Manager and his colleague Ryker the Team Lead came and paid us a visit. We sat down at our kitchen table and went over several topics related to the project. The biggest revelation was the length of the project. The folks in Nevada consistently … Continue reading Rubber Hits the Road →

In the months following our signing the proposal in late January there was little to report. We were assigned some additional points of contact -- Zuky the Tesla Experience Specialist, Asia the Scheduling Coordinator and Derrick the Project Manager. Derrick was the first person we were matched up with from our local area; he's a … Continue reading On Final Approach →

After the Home Energy Assessment at the end of July 2018, we soon got a phone call -- not only was installing a Tesla Solar Roof on our home feasible, the conditions were almost ideal! Christian informed us that Tesla was currently booking installations for early 2019, and we told him to sign us right … Continue reading GO for Main Engine Start! →

That fateful July 2018 email led to a phone call with Christian, an Energy Advisor at Tesla. He filled us in on generally how the process would work, some of the pros and cons of the Tesla Solar Roof, and verified that we were still interested in proceeding with the project. OMG YES! He also … Continue reading Home Energy Assessment →

Welcome to our blog! My wife and I both grew up in the 80s dreaming of a solar-powered future, but throughout the years the technology never quite seemed "there yet." We met, married, bought a house and set about making environmentally-friendly improvements... but "the big one" was always somewhere over the horizon, taunting us. And … Continue reading The Story Thus Far →