Today was the first milestone.
As was mentioned in the last post, the foundation prep was completed yesterday and was for waiting the city inspector. This morning the inspector came and approved the prep work and gave the go ahead for the foundation pour.
In the meantime, the guys finished up the prep work for the driveway expansion and the concrete pad to hold the trash cans.
Around noon, the concrete mixer and pump arrived. They parked out front and ran a big hose from the concrete pump to the back.
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| Concrete is pumped from the mixer to the back of the house |
Once the pumping started, there was a lot of activity. A couple of guys handled the hose, several guys spread the concrete and started smoothing it out.
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| The pour begins |
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| This DOES NOT look like fun!! |
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| Putting on the final touches |
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| The new foundation. This is where the new sunroom will be with the new dining room where the old sunroom wass.. The new french doors will be located just to the right of that white and yellow bottle. To the right of the door will be the windows overlooking the pool. |
Every piece of art has to be signed of course. Here is the signature for our foundation:
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| Giselle decided to permanently leave her mark |
This happens to be the new dining area. Even though this will be covered up with flooring, we will always be remember Giselle when we dine.
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| East side of the driveway. The grand canyon that was forming there from erosion is now filled it. The large drain pipe will carry rainwater from the pool deck area to this pipe which will be sawn even with the concrete. |
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| West side of driveway. We can now access the shed without stepping in mud. |
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| We can finally get the trash and recycle bins out of the driveway and onto this pad |
There is only two small areas left that will have concrete with exposed aggregate to match the pool deck. The crew will start demo on the inside on Thurs. Now that should lots of fun for Andy trying to work with all of that noise.
Still hoping that the kitchen will be inspected and closed by the first week of Oct. Then Andy can get a somewhat working kitchen in order before the Swiss contingent arrives for the wedding.
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