{"id":2601,"date":"2019-05-10T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:02:30","slug":"thursday-may-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/thursday-may-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nina went out to feed the chickens yesterday and took some photos of the new concrete. They had not yet taken down the forms around the new retaining wall.  The first picture is looking down onto the retaining wall on the East side, and the second is on the West side.  On the West side, they have added the iron bars to support the covered area surrounding the back door. These were screwed into the old retaining wall, which in most places will be covered by dirt.  (Some on the East side wall was removed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retainingwall-east-side-5-9-19-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retainingwall-east-side-5-9-19-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retainingwall-east-side-5-9-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retainingwall-east-side-5-9-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retainingwall-east-side-5-9-19.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo 1: Part of East side retaining wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retaining-wall-east-side-5-9-19-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retaining-wall-east-side-5-9-19-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retaining-wall-east-side-5-9-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retaining-wall-east-side-5-9-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retaining-wall-east-side-5-9-19.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo 2: The short retaining wall on the West side near the back door. The wall at the back with the supports for the cover is the old retaining wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The debris wall is now covered with a nice concrete top as shown in Photo 3. The bridge footing is shown in Photo 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/debris-wall-5-9-19-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/debris-wall-5-9-19-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/debris-wall-5-9-19-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/debris-wall-5-9-19-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/debris-wall-5-9-19.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Photo3: Debris wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bridge-footing-5-9-19-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bridge-footing-5-9-19-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bridge-footing-5-9-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bridge-footing-5-9-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bridge-footing-5-9-19.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo 4: Bridge footing with debris wall behind it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The workers also took time to construct the cement bench on the upstairs patio and probably the concrete planter along the garage wall (but Nina forgot to look for that.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/upstairs-patio-bench-5-9-19-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/upstairs-patio-bench-5-9-19-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/upstairs-patio-bench-5-9-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/upstairs-patio-bench-5-9-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wright-macdonald.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/upstairs-patio-bench-5-9-19.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo 5: concrete bench on upstairs patio in front of the second board form cement wall. (The other is next to the front door.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nina went out to feed the chickens yesterday and took some photos of the new concrete. They had not yet taken down the forms around the new retaining wall. The first picture is looking down onto the retaining wall on the East side, and the second is on the West side. 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