Kind of boring, definitely boring, but boy we are into craving the basics here. We really have no choice. In this sort of situation you start at the base and move your way up. Every inch skyward is progress. Mr is very pleased with the results of this project. It seems to be the foothold that is needed to pivot some other amenities. Yeah, we are really into amenities. Water, now there is an amenity we want to bite into. Clean, clear, non staining water...being able to do my laundry in this house, being able to wipe something down without it taking on an orange film, having clean fresh beautiful linens, now that is going to be an amenity that will ring my bells and change my life. No, it has not happened yet...and from what I am told it is not happening anytime soon much to my dismay. From what I understand, a new dress for the exterior of the house seems to be a favored contestant in the amenity marathon, it is likely to be trumped by the much coveted new kitchen floor. The kitchen floor has been living here (not in the kitchen) in boxes for two years and it is already paid for, so I figure that is the best bet in this race. Either will make me happier, but I know I am not going to stop bitching about either of them anytime soon. The magic trilogy that seems to effect everything is the water, the kitchen, and the embarrassing filthy exterior of the building. Life will improve when they get changed.
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| pouring cement |
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| more cement pouring |
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| new footings |
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| uncrawlable crawlspace with new footing |
As for the newly cast footings, here they are...pretty as can be. Boring for sure, but much awaited and desired. The old corner piling can be seen to the left in the below photos. They could not be removed yet, because there was no steel to jack up the house in that spot. When this section of the house was jacked up, the bricks started showering down from the pilings, without being touched. The piling literally disintegrated before their eyes. It made demo quicker, but it was frightening. A testament to letting sleeping dogs lie. It also gave us lots of bricks to do landscape construction projects. We already have put in quite a few walkways and planting beds, but it seems like the whole house is going to need a perimeter of brick along the ground since there are no gutters. When excavating for the footings, Mr and D discovered buried pavements of brick a foot or two down under the soil. I have seen this around the perimeter of a local court house, so I think it must have been a common practice.
How could you end a day on this taxing overwhelming project? How do you get the energy?
There's still daylight....
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