Steps

Jim has finished his 40 days labor. I estimate he saved us 8 months of pecking away. Raya cannot wait to get on those stairs.

Finishing

Framing started

We started framing this week. Quite a bit of design/build. Changed the skylights at the last minute. We started framing this week.

Concrete

More Digging

Diggin

Not much happened on the house this winter with the exception of the fixing of the garage. We are now starting on the back step addition. Like most things, we have to start from the ground up and in this case, that means the sewer. Our addition foundation is going to have to go over the house sewer line that was installed in 1909, so we need to replace the old clay pipes with plastic to make certain they do not crack under the structure in the future.

I dug out the line, and so far the soil has been very easy to dig through. Hopefully the plumber will be out this week to replace the pipes.


Some downspouts used to tie into the sewer, but they are not used anymore.

Dirt Pile