Farley and team arrived Tuesday morning, ready to work. They made quick work of the foundation of the front porch.
(The plywood is covering the front door.)
"It's kinda tight under there." Oh, really? (said Chris who recalls not 4 years ago when he was stuck between a floor beam and the ground. . . by himself. Never claustrophobic before then.)
Three I-beams. That all. Two on the east side for the front part of the house and a long beam along the west side to lift the main part and the back addition (formerly the kitchen/diningroom).
And we found yet one last tree stump used as a foundation pier. And the one that did the most damage to the place. . . to a post between the hallway and diningroom, and caused the major damage to the ceiling joist that we had fixed when we first bought the house. We thought we had taken care of the last of them when we remodeled the kitchen. . . this one was hidden in a "tight spot" on the back side of the air return. Never saw it.
(Wednesday 4 November)
By noon, as the boys were heading across town from preschool to the Avens, the house was still on the ground. Still adding shims. Chris stopped by ~2. . .
(This view from the rear has been looking pretty bad and probably will until they start rebuilding the addition.)
Unfortunatley, we missed most of the action today. . . stupid work meetings! But this got the house up 4 feet, so the carpenters could come by and repair one of the rim joists. More to come on Thursday. Yep, Larisa's Birthday. Hooray!
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