My main focus this afternoon was dirt. We had accumulated about 90 cubic yards of "spare" dirt from all of the excavation. I walked out onto the pile today and looked down at over a 12 foot drop. I was not prepared to build an enormous retaining wall and I did not want that kind of "feature" in my yard either. Our property drops 33 ft in about 80 feet. Such an extreme does not blend in with our current gardens. Well the excavator was still on site so I gave him instructions (and money) to move the dirt. We were able to move a lot of the dirt to the lower portion of the yard and get a large area fairly level. We will still have to shovel and wheel barrow some dirt but the heavy machinery made light work of the huge mound. It took around 3 hours to move a large portion of the dirt.
Back to the addition... they added waterproofing to the foundation. They excavated the top portion of the driveway, removing two large shrub trees. They prepared to pour another footing on the side of the car shelter. This new footing replaces the old one removed on Saturday and makes up for the fact that the retaining wall no longer exists. Also a few permanent supports were added to the section where my workshop will be. I know the termite treatment will be sprayed tomorrow and the slab forms will be completed. I can't wait to see the slabs and floors go in later this week. Work should begin to accelerate as the framing begins. I do not have many photos today because I was out working with the guy moving dirt until 8:30. Also I just wanted to add a disclaimer that the grammar and spelling on this blog are subject to my creativity and limited time I have to spend on editing. Please judge the posts on their content and not their grammatical correctness.
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