Two weeks of heavy equipment

Hi All,
After two full weeks of heavy equipment working around here there has been a lot accomplished. The entire area where the house and garage will go has been cleared and the dirt pad where the house will go is in place.

Access from the house to the dam and a small bit of the driveway has been cleared making it possible to repair the lake's dam and also connect the small lake with the bigger lake.

Susan and I have continued to work on getting the wood floors out of the old house. A much bigger and more difficult task than we thought.

Down to wood floors

Wood floor removed, now down to floor joists

DIY tip #2 - For a pier and beam foundation some cement blocks and car jacks can be used to hold up a wall that otherwise would fall down due to dry rot or termites. This allows for occasional adjustments.

Susan is cutting out the floor joists so we can reuse them someplace. They are real 2 x 8 boards. Really 2 inches thick and 8 inches wide.

Friday morning the electric company disconnected the service from the house and took their meter. About 10 minutes later David was on his track hoe and going to work.

Getting the last things out of the house

David is in the track hoe, just eating up the house. Ricky is driving the dump truck over to a 20 feet deep hole dug for the house's last resting place. Jeff is on the ground salvaging anything salvageable and using the bulldozer to push the debris into the hole.

By the end of the day, there is no more house

Friday night our neighbors joined us for the bonfire. 

By this morning (Saturday) about all that is left is a smoldering pit.

That's it for now. Take care.
Brian