Another day of work on the deck, the final digging of footings for the foundation, and putting the resulting dirt on the slope by the garage. Picture 1 shows the scaffolding for the lower part of the deck under the oak tree. Picture 2 shows the new rebar work on the deck itself. Picture 3 […]
The backhoe operator was back today and there was lots of progress that is visible in Picture 1. This shows the part of the house that will be over the crawl space. In the back right, you can see a part of the large retaining wall that they poured weeks ago. Extending from it are […]
The grading for the steps running up along the garage is done. As you can see in Picture 1, you can now walk up (albeit on a step dirt slope) to the doorway. Nina seemed excited to be able to walk into the apartment this way rather than having to climb a ladder to the […]
Today the backhoe continued with the grading and compacting of the slope next to the garage that will become the stairway to the garage and the deck. Picture 1 shows what this area looked like this afternoon. Picture 2 is the same area, from almost the same viewpoint taken last week before any grading had […]
Having the backhoe here allowed the crew to take care of lots of small tasks that needed its power. For example, they were able to move bundles of rebar (each might weight 1000 pounds) that were at the bottom of the hill in front of the garage, where they were clearly no longer needed, up […]
The apartment has a roof! The day began early, since the first concrete truck was expected at 7 AM. Javi and the driver of the pump truck laid out the long tube that would carry the concrete up to where it needed to be. Although this pump (Picture 1) is a lot smaller — and […]
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It’s been a few days since the last post on Tuesday. Wednesday was the 4th of July. Since then the changes have been incremental, as they get ready to pour the concrete for the apartment roof Monday morning, and it has been HOT! The high at our weather station on Friday was 111; today it […]
Work at the site was more of the same as yesterday. They added the upper mat of rebar to the apartment roof (Picture 1). It is somewhat hard to see, but there are two layers of crisscrossing rebar about 6″ apart, one that near the bottom of the roof and one that will be near […]
The demolition began in early February, so we are now roughly 6 months into the project. It is wonderful to see a new structure rising up. Today began with several of the workmen arriving late, because they stayed home to watch Brazil beat their beloved Mexico in the World Cup. Ted met with the general […]
Today they made good progress on the rebar for the garage roof (Picture 1). In the area that will hold the rainwater bladder, they also began to erect that scaffolding for the deck (Pictures 2 and 3). We leave you with Picture 4, a view from higher up our hillside, showing the house site and […]