The Big Dig Down Under
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The Beginning
1-8-05
We
Needed a Little Extra Space
So
we dug a little dirt by hand
A
Long Way to Go
All
Dug by Hand
Notice
Sewer Drain Pipes
1-17-05
We
Need a Bigger Door
That's
Half the Opening
Guess
I'll Move the Water Heater
Now
That's A Door
Lots
of Bricks & Concrete
2-10-05
Drain
Pipes Relocates
New
Drain Pipe Routing
Foundation
Drain Moved
Cinder
Block Columns
Time
to Move the Junk
Long
Way to the End
2-13-05
Water
Heater Moved & Diggin'
First
New Column
Lot
of Progress in 2 days
Duct
Modified for Clearance
Excavated
2nd Sections
3-1-05
Discovered
a lot of Concrete
The
Monolith
2'x2'x10'
Concrete Footer
3rd
Support Installed
Started
Excavating the 3rd Section
The
Pile Grows
3-14-05
Starting
the 4th Section
Remains
of the Monolith
Concrete
Footers Removed
6'
Deep in Dirt
Starting
on Final Section
Got
to Move the Junk Again
Lots
of Dirt Moved so Far
One
More Major Footer
Out
of Room Here
Leveling
the Yard with the Dirt
Lots
of Room Showing
3-28-05
I
can see the Back Wall
Remaining
Dirt to Move
One
of the Remaining Columns
Now
That's Some Room
Don't
Mind that Water
Rained
Hard Last Night
4-24-05
Finally! A Basement!
Bathroom around the Corner
Proposed Family Room
The New Workshop
Look at that Room
It Goes On!
And On!
Still got Plenty of Dirt!
To Finish the Yard!
We did it with This!
Looking from the Door
House is still Standing!
5-1-05
We
Took the summer off!
See Family...
Graduations
2005 Booze Cruise
Why Knot Pig Pickin'
MNO 2005
9-6-05
We Have a New Back Yard!
The Mole
Family Goes Back to Work!
Using Temporary Ramps
10-15-05
Had to Cut the HVAC for Access
We Replace Three Posts With One!
It Holds Up a Big 21' Beam
On a Big Beam Saddle
10-23-05
Back to Diggin Jen!
Jen, Jamie & Becky Resting!!!!
11-14-05
4' Wide Footers Dug!
11-21-05
Form & Rebar in Footer
All the way Around
11-22-05
10:21am
Major Milestone!
Building
Inspector Passes the footers for Concrete!!!
12-12-05
Concrete Pump Setting up
Pump Hose down to the basement
The First of 21 yds. in the footers
12-18-05
Footers & Drain installed
4" drain & gravel installed behind footer
12-19-05
Blocks moved inside to dry
Over 600 block, mostly 12 inch blocks
12-20-05
First block going down!
Starting to look like a basement
12-21-05
Tallest wall completed
12-22-05
Just need a floor now!
What a difference!
1-30-06
Gravel, Plastic & re-mesh awaiting inspection
Cap blocks on after 10 yds. of concrete to fill blocks
Everything including the water heater off the floor
Everything except the water heater is now in the garage
1-30-06
10:30am
Major Milestone!
Building
Inspector Passes the floors for Concrete!!!
2-1-06
23 yds. of concrete in the slab, time for the finish
Ledges getting a finished too!
2-2-06
They finished the slab work at 12:30am
Finally! A dry basement 13 months later!
3-6-06
Now we have stairs
Becky's not crazy about the railing!
They turned out pretty good
They even look good from the back
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