Can't see the tape well, but I wear size
11 shoes and the ditch is 13 inches wide!
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Here it's 3' deep
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It took me a 13 hour day to dig this footer
ditch!
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My hands are blistered! I shovelled ALL DAY!
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These are the holes for the Center pillar
supports!
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6 of em all 2' deep with 10" bottoms!
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It's hard to see, but site excavation is what's goin
on here.
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And so far, It's March 11th, D.P. & L
is supposed to finally be turned on today (it'll be great having
some electricity) I've had to spend almost $1,000 ($200 for the
Ditch Witch, $100 for Electric Inspection Fee's and another $100
to D.P. & L. to get the Elec turned on. The rest just in
wood, cement, screws, brackets, gasoline etc.
My first receipt says 4/24/300 so I guess I've
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These next few are of the foundation poured
and in. Had just a little problem with it though. I gave the
Guy at the concrete place the dimensions of the ditch, and he
said I needed a yard....either he does lousy math or I got shorted
because I need yet another same amount as he sent me the first
time. I did get enough though to go ahead and lay a course of
block on it to complete the foundation, but, as I dug the ditch
crooked, I laid the forms straight, and it sure would look a
whole lot better if I could just get another load. |
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As you can see...I'm a little short on having
the concrete footing and foundation I first desired...anyway,
I keep going on. Here's some shots of some of the inside work. |
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So far, I'm using the old wall to sit in
the place of the new wall. If you look closely at the preceding
photo you can see the chains I'm holding the old wall up with...remember,
the old wall was only six feet high and the new one is 8. |
The photo above you can see a wooden box.
What's harder to make out though is that the box contains a window!
Actually I have three of these huge windows (100" X 24")
that I'd picked up from the trash a few years back and have been
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The quarters are cramped to say the least.
I did have some luck at the local flea market last weekend though,
I ran across a guy with a brand new (still in the sealed box)
electric submersible water pump. The exact same pump (and control
box) sells a the local Lowe's (aka Handyman Lumber store) for
a little over $300 and I got them both for $150. Thank you Lord! |
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And now for a little change of pace....D.P.
& L. finally came through with my electricity and now I'm
finally able to use some of those wonderful hand tools I own.
I finished making the frames for all of the 3 windows, put them
in the North wall for storage, sheathed the West end of the North
wall and threw on some old vinyl siding I had. I also installed
a door and sheathed the area to the left of it. Oh yea, the windows,
they won't stay where they are now, but it's just a good place
to store them until I'm ready to use em. |
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I've still got a 20' ditch to dig for my
water line, but them I'll be able to lay the floor joists for
the addition. I also have to raise and replace the South wall
so that my roof lAine will be correct for connecting the addition
to the main shed. Tomorrow's another day. I started this project
on April 24th, 2000...it's now May 21st. Am I slow or WHAT? |
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