 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 |
 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 |
 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 |
| Ready to pour. | Filling the form for the retaining wall on the north side of the house. | That's a big hole to fill. |
 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 |
 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 |
 Wed, Jan 11, 2006 |
| The front part of the retaining wall gets filled. | Still filling. | The forms have been removed from the retaining wall. Now the rest of the brick can be removed. |
 Wed, Jan 11, 2006 |
 Wed, Jan 11, 2006 |
 Wed, Jan 11, 2006 |
| The neighbor has a Bird of Paradise that is cracking their retaining wall. | The main electrical panel. | The stone that's sitting on the patio will cover the wall but not until the final grade is put in. |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
| Since the other part of the retaining wall is dry, the corner can now be poured. | Another view of the formed corner. The gas line needs to be removed and a new one installed below grade. | The telephone pole survived the digging, especially with those chains anchoring it to the trees. |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
| The front and back of the column are in place. | One of two chains anchoring the pole. | Looking at the retaining wall from the front yard. |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 |
 Wed, Jan 25, 2006 |
| Attaching the MDF to the underlying 4x4. | The backyard has been cleaned. | The backyard fence is gone! |
 Wed, Jan 25, 2006 |
 Wed, Jan 25, 2006 |
 Sun, Feb 5, 2006 |
| Sand was brought in to level out the yard. The new fence will add about 200 sq ft to my yard. | The yard is looking quite large without any trees and the grade raised. | My new fence is in on the correct property line. I now have a pole but also about another 200 sq ft. |
 Sun, Feb 5, 2006 |
 Tue, Feb 7, 2006 |
 Tue, Feb 7, 2006 |
| This Moonlight flagstone will go on the living room fireplace. | The front yard hedge on the north side was removed today. | The south-side hedge (actually 4 different trees shaped into a hedge) was removed today. |
 Tue, Feb 7, 2006 |
 Sat, Feb 11, 2006 |
 Sat, Feb 11, 2006 |
| Adding crawl space access on the south side. | Pouring more retaining wall on the North side of the house. | In the bedrock and heavily reinforced only 3 feet from the underpinned foundation. |
 Wed, Feb 15, 2006 |
 Wed, Feb 15, 2006 |
 Wed, Feb 15, 2006 |
| The water main is put in. It's one massive copper pipe. | The water main is run under grade prior to pouring the retaining wall. | Water enters the house here. There is 1" pipe throughout the house to keep the volume up. |