Literally. Day 6 of excavation complete, and the end of the day brought the end of the excavation phase! We're done. The ground was smoothed out, all piles of dirt were removed. The garages and foyer are very clearly lower than the house now. The corners of the house were marked out with wood, and the walls for my garage were also marked out. The sides of the hole were also covered with a plastic covering, to help prevent a dangerous situation from arising in case of a mudslide.
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| Joern in his garage |
Northeast corner of houe. Standing in the future mechanical room.
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| The pink lines (pretty hard to make out) mark the placement for the pipes. |
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| My garage. |
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| That box behind the excavator contains the plans for the lot and the house. And now for the facts. Excavation took 6 days, 7:00 am to 5 pm daily. 1,200 cubic meters (42,000 cubic feet) dirt removed by 80 double-trailered trucks. Sadly, the dirt was brought all over the country, so we won't be able to visit our dirt. |
