The basement is really becoming something other than a basement. The guys are about 90 percent done with the demo and escavation in the basement now. There is still one brick column left to go but all the others have temporary bracing replacing them. So, all the walls and piers are gone and the old slab has been removed and a new section for my workshop has been dug so it looks a lot different now. The crawlspace part of the new construction portion has been completed so after the slabs are poured for the basement and carport we should begin to see some framing. You know we have been reusing the brick from the foundation; what I haven't told you is that on the interior of these walls some children years ago had hand painted their names and a few small pictures. One was a flower another the Greenville High School flag. Well those bricks are starting to show up on various places in the foundation and it is cool that something those kids painted 20, 30, 40 or maybe even 5o or more years ago lives on. I also spoke with my neighbor tonight and we are going to remove a retaining wall that starts on my property and ends on his. The wall is very old and leaning so I think it was a good decision to get rid of it while we can. It would be much more difficult to remove after the construction is completed. I will have to take a before and after photo of that later. Lastly, we met with a stone mason to talk about what we are going to do will all of the excess fill dirt in our back yard. Our lot is slopped pretty extreem so we are thinking about building a few retaining walls for a terrace or two. More on that later.
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