Week 4 - August 11-15, 2008

Monday and Tuesday

The plumber has been here and all the drains and pipes are in place. The stuff you see in the photos is for the basement.....Amy's bathroom and laundry, the furnaces and hot water heaters, and the half-bath for the grandkids' playroom and for Paw-Paw's workroom. Then of course all the plumbing from the first floor will somehow find its way down to hook up with these pipes that are already installed.

Wednesday, August 13

Today they poured half of the basement floor - the half under the Master Bedroom and Bath.

Thursday, August 14

Here is the other half of the basement floor! As you can see, the guys are all waiting for it to dry enough for them to walk on it and use the machines that make it really smooth. Not much shade, so they are all huddled in the corner.

Friday, August 15

It's the end of the week and they are preparing the garage for a new floor. Lots and lots of rock to fill in the hole and then lots and lots more to start laying out the driveway. Since the driveway is going to extend past the garage toward the backyard (so Den can park his truck and old Chevy off the street - what an idea...no cars parked on the street!) the driveway is going to have to be "built up" with more dirt and gravel. Den is going to build a retaining wall to support it.......plans are being made for wall building over the Labor Day weekend. Anyone wanting to play with tools and rocks just let him know he'd be thrilled to have some help.