This was taken on the morning of December 14th. Plastic has been put in the windows, and the driveway has been cleared for the first time since the groundbreaking.
Joe is operating the backhoe and clearing the dirt from the front. The final result will be the the two windows in the lower level will be exposed. A retaining wall goes between the front door and the bay window. This will allow the grade to go up to the front door, and still leave the two front basement windows mostly exposed.
Above and below: Joe shaping the front.
Below, the official site for the water hookup.
Rudy is in the back backfilling up to the house. We needed to do this so we can easily access the back door.
Below, Joe is taking some of the dirt from the front and backfilling the south side around the window wells.
Below, the window wells after the forms were removed. Instead of putting the top of the windows over a foot below ground, I'll take the grade down a foot or so on the south side yard. The window wells are really good and much better than metal ones which I could have installed. There are drains in each one which go down to the foundation, where a drainage system takes the water away.
Below, Pete's Water and Sewer at work digging out the ground for the installation of water and sewer pipes. The ground was frozen solid and they had a hard time digging the trench from the house to the water and sewer hookups.
It was a deep hole for the sewer hookup.
Below is a smaller hole for the water.
The water and sewer pipes go under the foundation. You can see the plastic grey sewer pipe and the copper water pipe on the right.
Taken about a week ago, the concrete forms for the south window wells. The concrete had been poured. Stuff (chemicals) can be added to concrete to make sure it cures in weather down to 10 degrees above zero.
So things are progressing. The temperature dropped from 37 degrees yesterday morning to minus 7 this morning. It's supposed to get down to -18 degrees tonight and stay cold all week. The windows will be delivered end of this week or early next week. Once we get the windows and doors installed, we can bring in a temporary heater and heat the basement enough to do the floor. Everything is uphill from there.
This was taken on the morning of December 14th. Plastic has been put in the windows, and the driveway has been cleared for the first time since the groundbreaking.
Joe is operating the backhoe and clearing the dirt from the front. The final result will be the the two windows in the lower level will be exposed. A retaining wall goes between the front door and the bay window. This will allow the grade to go up to the front door, and still leave the two front basement windows mostly exposed.
Above and below: Joe shaping the front.
Below, the official site for the water hookup.
Rudy is in the back backfilling up to the house. We needed to do this so we can easily access the back door.
Below, Joe is taking some of the dirt from the front and backfilling the south side around the window wells.
Below, the window wells after the forms were removed. Instead of putting the top of the windows over a foot below ground, I'll take the grade down a foot or so on the south side yard. The window wells are really good and much better than metal ones which I could have installed. There are drains in each one which go down to the foundation, where a drainage system takes the water away.
Below, Pete's Water and Sewer at work digging out the ground for the installation of water and sewer pipes. The ground was frozen solid and they had a hard time digging the trench from the house to the water and sewer hookups.
It was a deep hole for the sewer hookup.
Below is a smaller hole for the water.
The water and sewer pipes go under the foundation. You can see the plastic grey sewer pipe and the copper water pipe on the right.
Taken about a week ago, the concrete forms for the south window wells. The concrete had been poured. Stuff (chemicals) can be added to concrete to make sure it cures in weather down to 10 degrees above zero.
So things are progressing. The temperature dropped from 37 degrees yesterday morning to minus 7 this morning. It's supposed to get down to -18 degrees tonight and stay cold all week. The windows will be delivered end of this week or early next week. Once we get the windows and doors installed, we can bring in a temporary heater and heat the basement enough to do the floor. Everything is uphill from there.
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