Synopsis

Master electrician Allen Gallant runs PVC conduit two feet beneath the driveway's surface, providing a pathway for the 200-amp electrical service to reach the cottage. Employing a "mouse"—a string, a pull rope, and a vacuum system known as a "fishing system"—his crew hauls the heavy electrical lines underground from the street to the cottage, a distance exceeding two hundred feet. Architect Sarah Susanka guides Kevin through a three-thousand-square-foot house, a tangible example of the core desi