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

End of the Tree

1/3 of the giant 100 year old Chestnut tree behind our yard fell on the garage on Friday at 6pm. We have had a few wind storms over the past week and must have caused a crack. It caused quite a bit of damage to the garage. Some of the roof sheathing is cracked under the metal roofing, both skylights are destroyed, and the back eave is destroyed. Final bill from insurance is $13,811 including $3800 to remove the tree from our side. It was sad that it fell about 2 weeks after I declared the garage project done.

Doors Refinished

I finally found a few hours over the past few weeks (Raya time) to sand the doors and oil them. Mr. Shumate painted the eave beaded ply for us this week and I installed it today. Almost really done.

Finishing

The drywall was finished this week and I painted the walls and installed the trim.

Table

We wanted a longer/narrower dining table for quite some time. With a baby on the way, we gave up on finding an heirloom quality piece of furniture. We decided to make something simple using a groovy Formica sheet and keep it simple...modern retro to go with the Eames plywood chairs.
Detail showing pattern and walnut edge band.

Insulation/Drywall