OUR NEW HOUSE

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Design decisions

Design decisions

In December, our beloved designer informed us that she could no longer work on our project for personal reasons.  Over the next two months, and interviews with 7 very capable designers, we found someone we felt comfortable with. During that time we also realized that we needed to do major changes to our landscape design. Read more about Design decisions[…]

Backfill

Backfill

The excavation contractor worked on a the back fill last week.  This is the filling in of the space between the outside of the basement walls and the top grade of the lot.  As complete, the waterproofing looks like this. At the bottom is the French drain tube.  First they drape a fabric down theRead more about Backfill[…]

Big big rocks

Big big rocks

I talked about how many rocks we were uncovering during excavation of our basement.  In the last few days we’ve watched them tackle the really big ones, that the excavator can’t budge. Now that rock was a monster.  When we dug back, it not only exposed 10 feet of depth, but there were two veryRead more about Big big rocks[…]