The past two days have brought an onslaught of activity. Mostly all there is to share is photos, but I'll relate the events anyway. To my surprise, we are still mostly in the demolition phase. Yesterday, Sarah and I decide the fireplace was just too ugly to stay the way it was. This meant I was forced to take a jack hammer to the facade and take it down like a politician in a sex scandal. After that, most of the day was spent removing smashed rock from the saw-cut holes made two days ago. This takes surprisingly longer than one would think. In fact, it would take the rest of the day. I've never appreciated NOT being in the back breaking business of "passing rocks up a hill to the next guy" so much in my life.
Today, much of the same. Removing more rocks in the holes cut for the pilings to support the new "I" beam. Some of the new activities, however, included cleaning every item of clothing we own that was even partially dirty because as of about noon, the water hoses to the washer were cut as new lines were roughed-in for the plumbing in the basement (the final location of the washer and dryer). Although I wasn't here to see it, the hole for the grinder pump tank was trenched and subsequently, the tank put in and buried. The last major accomplishment of the day was the erection of two temporary walls. These walls will support the weight of the house, while, in the coming days, the main support beam of the house will be removed and replaced by the steel "I" beam, allowing for a large open-room design without the pesky support posts every 8 feet as we were accustom to previously. In the photo you can see Sarah at 27 weeks+ standing inbetween the two temporary walls and just right of the beam which will be installed in the ensuing days.
As always - check our picasa page for all the photos:
"take a jack hammer to the facade and take it down like a politician in a sex scandal"
ReplyDeleteYou, sir, have a way with words.