Progress on the foundation

Here's the progress in the last week. After they dug out all the dirt, they assembled the concrete forms and poured the foundation footings. This happened while we were in NYC.

They then built another set of forms on top of the footings and poured more concrete for the foundation walls.

And here's how it's looked since about last Tuesday evening.

The foundation still needs some pea gravel for the upper part (left side of picture) and a slab for the lower part (right side). Then, some back fill dirt and the foundation is done! Hopefully all that can happen this week!

What a mess!

I'm hoping this is the messiest stage of this project...

The foundation was dug today, after two weeks of no work, and I would have better pictures, except that they are still out there, I leave town tomorrow, my laptop has to get mailed back to Mass. to get re-imaged, and I wanted to share pictures tonight.

First the fence came down...

Then the heavy equipment moved in...

And they dug and dug and dug...

This is about 25% of the hole...

And our Japanese spurge and patio pavers got crushed in the process. Though Travis promised to fix them, my heart breaks a little thinking about all the work we went to laying them ourselves.

Two Weeks In...

...demo is almost done, and hopefully the foundation work can start soon.

Day 0:

Day 3:

And then it snowed:

Day 8:

Demo included salvaging half of the original brick to use on the addition to blend it with new brick. This is only part of the salvaged brick.

We're hoping for some dry weather so we can pick up the pace!

Our 2016 Addition...

...comes in the form of additional square footage!

After months of planning, all the details and paperwork, including a variance with the county, are in place for us to start our addition. 

Here's the current floor plan:

Here's the same view with the addition off the kitchen:

And the new view with more detail:

From the outside, here's the side views:

It's a little tough to tell from the side views where the addition is if you're not familiar with the house, but the walls with arched windows will be new.