Building a house is a slow process.

So, in the last week, we have an extended well (305 feet), a demolished garage, and the last tree is down.
Still to do before digging the foundation is ripping up the garage slab and putting a tie in to the sewer system.  Both of these are of some concern.  A garage slab is normally 2-4 inches thick, with maybe chicken wire in it to stabilize it.  Our garage is 6+ inches and has rebar.  Slightly overkill.  This means that Dan, our excavator needs to hammer it out, instead of just lifting it out and having it break.  Ugg.

Secondly, we are hearing a bunch of horror stories about the sewer.  The company that put the sewer in put it in fairly deep, and put gravel backfill not only on the main lines, but on the tie-ins also.  This, combined with the very high water table near the lake has created a varitable underground river, which fills up any holes dug at the sewer lines.  We are all worried about it, but hopeful that the recent heat wave has slowed the river somewhat.  We are crossing our fingers.


Thanks for reading!