Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Basement is backfilled

Ron and Trevor on the excavator, yeehaw!



Facing the back of the house looking to the left. We finally decided the layout of the basement will be the kitchen against the very farthest wall and the bathroom will be in the "nook" area.


Facing the back of the house looking to the right.


Another shot of facing the back of the house. Kind of gives you an idea of the backyard (or lack thereof).

This weekend Ron worked at the lot all day Saturday and got the majority of the material needed to the lot that we need for backfilling the basement. Then on Sunday Ron, Trevor and I all headed to the lot to bale the material into the basement and level it all out. Luckily we had the excavator there and used that for the most of it and that way could avoid having to use a wheelborrow for the whole thing. So Ron ran the excavator and Trevor and I got to shovel and rake to get the material to the edge of the walls. Next Monday the plumber will be out to start installing the pipes that will be under the basement floor and then the floor will be poured and hopefully some walls will start to go up!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Good job on the update! Although the work to date has been tough, the end result will be worth all of the effort. Love TK

Johnson Family said...

Post to the blog!! Even if you don't have pictures give us a written update. Or heck, use the blog to gripe about what's not happening. =) Love, Tiff