Thursday, December 7, 2006

Laying Some Concrete Down


To stabalize the footings and foundation, we had 18" thick of jagged 1 1/2" aggregate trucked in. The aggregate is seperated from the dirt by a silt barrier. So if the water does come up through the ground, it won't bring the silt with it. Silt will destabilize the house foundation. Remember, the wise man build his house upon the rock, and the foolish man built his house upon the sand. The clever man (myself) brought his own rock because all the other rocks have houses on them already. The basement will be almost 8' tall when done. It's late July in this picture.

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