Saturday, June 14

Basement Photo Update

Big excavator loading all the cement into the dump truck
The huge construction equipment makes my little house look soooo tiny
This is Chad the driver of the big digger with Tim and Spencer.
There was a little down time while we waited for the dump trucks to return from their dumps.
The boys thought it was awesome to sit up in the cab with the driver.
We mentioned in another post that we hit water when we were digging. Here's the water; you can see it running into the home toward the top of the picture.
We had to fill the hole with gravel, then sand, then compact it down with the digger so we could have a 6 ft. crawlspace there instead of the 9 ft. basement ceiling we had planned.
Timmy loves to be right in the middle of it all
This isn't even the deep hole, but he looks like he's sure small.
Now filling the trucks with dirt
Digging for the footings in the front yard
The cousins came to watch the digger, too.
What is it about tractors that captivate the male species so well?
All the spectators
How romantic- me, my man, and a yard full of dirt. *sigh*
Wearing our fancy clothes
Down in the hole after it was dug, before the footings
See the little pipe sticking out the side of the hole? Guess what it is. MY SEWER LINE!! It has been 2 weeks, 3 days with no sewer. But who's counting...
The pumper truck to pump the cement into the footing forms
the forms
I was amazed at how tall those trucks rise
The cement trucks- there were 2 for the first set of footings, and 8 for the foundation walls.
Another great action shot taken by me- the cement plopping into the forms.
There was a crew of 4 doing the footings: one man to control the pumper truck, another one moving the hose the cement came from, one guy pushing the gravel down, and another floating, or smoothing the top. It was very cool to watch. I video recorded some of it, but need assistance from my tech support team (Troy) to upload them.
Putting up the foundation froms in the crawlspace
The rat maze
Up on top of the 9 ft. forms
Timmy in the Cat they used to backfill the backyard portion of the foundation
Spencer in the driver's seat of the Cat
The was the coolest thing. In order to get the Cat into the backyard, the big digger lifted it up and over the foundation walls, and set it down on the other side. It was amazing to watch. I was slightly worried about the weakest link in the chain, but, it held up just fine.
Up, up, and away
Just like a mommy picking up her baby- effortless!


Timmy was getting a little squeaky, so he greased his nose
Here's the front of our house- digger, dump truck, port-a-potty, all the makings of a proper construction zone
Loading up to leave- This huge one doesn't even use a ramp to get up onto the trailer
the future stairway for the outdoor basement entrance
The whole hole. This is the view from my roof.

This is why we can't flush the toilet, or use the sink, or the dishwasher, or the shower, or the washing machine. It would empty into our big hole and that would be more mess than any of us want to deal with.

5 comments:

Lacy said...

Your house looks like more fun than mine!

Tasharoo said...

This is so exciting! Very cool! But I'm not looking forward to all the work ahead! Guess we'll have to have a hammer & nail party!

Collier Family said...

WoW! I especially love the pictrues of the cat being lifted up and over! That's neat! How fun that it's all happenign!

Amelia said...

Hey Nicole! Im glad that you found me! All this construction is looking good.. your house will be amazing! I would love to see that picture... Ill email you so you can send it!

A Horse Mom said...

Wow, it looks like a lot of work, glad to hear you can flush toliets again! Can't wait to see the finished product.