Norman was here...I've got a pretty extensive collection of tools that look similar to this. I suppose it serves as a reminder not to leave tools laying around - even for a minute...
We are pretty much done with things foundational! The backfilling is all done - well maybe another wheelbarrow or two here and there but at least we can walk around without falling into holes.
There's Norman inspecting the backfilling job that we did on the inside of the foundation. (You can also see that we removed some of the exterior siding from the existing house. We'll probably take another layer off yet.) Back to backfilling, we did it all using shovels and a wheelbarrow. It was a lot of work! Apparently other people use tractors or similar heavy equipment to do this kind of thing - apparently we are not other people... If our foundation had been even one millimeter bigger than 16x20, I would have rented a tractor. It was amazing how trenches that were ridiculously narrow when I was trying to pry forms off were suddenly ridiculously wide and deep when I was lugging load after load of dirt to them. We are also wondering where in the world all of this extra dirt came from and what we are going to do with it.
There's Norman inspecting the backfilling job that we did on the inside of the foundation. (You can also see that we removed some of the exterior siding from the existing house. We'll probably take another layer off yet.) Back to backfilling, we did it all using shovels and a wheelbarrow. It was a lot of work! Apparently other people use tractors or similar heavy equipment to do this kind of thing - apparently we are not other people... If our foundation had been even one millimeter bigger than 16x20, I would have rented a tractor. It was amazing how trenches that were ridiculously narrow when I was trying to pry forms off were suddenly ridiculously wide and deep when I was lugging load after load of dirt to them. We are also wondering where in the world all of this extra dirt came from and what we are going to do with it.
There's the sill plate. We made sure that the foundation was square and then figured out where to drill the holes for the anchor bolts and then placed the sill plates on. All of a sudden it looked like we were making some progress. We could actually envision this mess becoming a bedroom. We have to put the washers and nuts on the anchor bolts, and then rim joists have to stand on end on the edge of the sill. Joist hangers are put on rim joists and the floor joists go in the hangers. Then the subfloor goes on. We have all the materials to get us up to the subfloor part. We'll see how things go but we hope to get that done by the end of next week.
We made a pony wall in the center to give the floor joists extra support. Once again, Grace is conspicuously absent from any pictures...
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