Laurie's World

Day 2 got off to a slow start, they guys came about 11 am with 2 jack hammers. The plan was to jack hammer out the porch as well as the thick part of the patio in the back that they could not get out with the Trac Hoe yesterday. OK…this is the noisiest thing I have EVER heard. it is in stereo…I can’t even think!! So the back is all done in about 2 hours, and I go and look in the front and there is barely a corner chipped on the porch. It is so very thick! So the 2 guys worked on the front and did not finish it until after 8 tonight. We are talking about a 7×5 square of concrete…but 3 feet thick…they found the septic waste pipe coming out the back of the house and developed a plan to reroute it so it comes out the side of the house instead of the back. Dave is so great with the Trac Hoe…what talent…they have dug down to the foundation level in all three areas by 8:30pm, but there is a lot of hand digging to do now for the footings and all down by the drain pipes etc. They plan to come back by 8am as the material package for the footing forms is being delivered at 10:30 am tomorrow and they plan to finish the forms by Tuesday so they can get the forms inspection and be ready to pour (monopour) for Wednesday. Strip forms Thursday–and start framing on Friday. I am overwhelmed with all the things I need to do to keep this train moving…

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