Backfill almost complete

Well... we're getting there.  Poor George has been working all day trying to get the sides done - it's so narrow that he has to use way smaller machines than normal (which are also way more tiring to operate).  Trooper that he is, he's close to done, with maybe a little touch up work to do tomorrow.

Backfill Begins

First up today was the gravel portion of the waterproofing - covering the weeping tile with 10 or more inches of gravel helps water flow into the weepers, and away from the foundation.

Next up? Backfill - right after the City Inspector was in to pass the foundation and waterproofing stage of construction.  The area is very tight, so backfill may take two or three days here.  After that, the surveyors will be in and then we can start framing!

Voila... walls!

Rock Concrete was in early and spent a half day stripping the forms and patching the cross support holes with tar.  It's nice to see the shape of the house - now we can start to backfill pretty soon which makes everyone feel better!

Excavation complete

While we are busy prepping the footing material to get onsite, the guys have finished off the excavation.  Now we wait until tomorrow for the surveyors to mark the footings and we're ready to frame the footings.

Survey and Excavation

Land Survey Group was in today, but not giving us a specific time, George agreed to "ballpark" the cut and begin excavation.  When they showed up midday, they let George continue working, which showed a nice professional courtesy.  Therefore, we managed to get quite a bit done today - we are close to complete on the excavation... a few hours of touch up work on Tuesday and we're good to go to the next stage!

Excavation

While we wait for Land Survey Group to come and outline the "cut" for the excavation, George has rough marked the location of the new house and has begun excavation.  There's just one bit of wall left from the old house.... and not for long.

Down to Masonry

The "garbage" has mostly been cleaned up, and George is down to the masonry items (blocks, bricks, cement, asphalt, interlock etc).  By the end of the day today, we'll pretty much be ready for the surveyor. 

Demo day!

Demo day has finally arrived!  I have some pics and videos of the destruction below!