Monday was a very busy day at the farm with trucks from the concrete company, Duke Power, and gravel all arriving at the same time.
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Reese guarded the house from his usual spot on the steel beam.
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The concrete guys removed the forms and the basement is beginning to take shape.
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The next step was waterproofing the basement walls.
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The basement floor will have 8 inches of gravel under 4 inches of concrete so 3 dump truck loads of gravel were delivered and spread today.
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I was so glad to see the Duke Power crew arrive to install our temporary power!
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It didn't take them any time at all to dig a ditch and install the cable. This time, though, they didn't bring a bucket truck to reach the pole. A guy with crampons climbed straight up the pole to make the connection.
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After Duke connected the outside temporary power box, Tom made all the connections to hook up the house and turn on the power.
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I've never seen anything prettier than the light inside the refrigerator when I opened the door!
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Tom soon had a well-deserved cold beer.
Now if we just had water.......
You guys don't want much, do you? ;-)
ReplyDelete(Just kidding!)
Interesting photojournalistic documentation of your house's move.
Mark Bohrer
www.activelightphotography.com