Front Porch Demo

My wife really did not like the front porch. It was built for a Grange not a residence. So, we called back the guys that did our slab for the garage. Here they started hammering away the concrete.


All broken up; the stairs are granite but were covered with concrete. The main part of the porch was full of stones and just a slab on top. The sides of the porch was made of granite also.


These are the granite pieces left after the concrete was removed.


This is what it looks like now after it is all cleaned up. Now all we need to do is have these stones put back to make a porch and stairs.

Garage Foundation and Slab Finished

The foundation has been all back filled and processed stone has been added and compacted.


Three holes are left, the big one on the left is on the concrete footing that was poured to hold up a beam that will be in the garage so now there is solid concrete all the way to the footing. The two on the right(one just on the edge of the photo) is to hold lally columns that will protect the oil tank from being driven into.


All set for the slab to be poured. They put plastic down just in case we wanted to finish the garage to live in and the wire is to keep the concrete from cracking. Also, plastic coated copper tubing is set in the concrete for the oil tank. Plastic coating is necessary because the concrete will eat away a unprotected copper.


The "protector columns" are being set.


The slab is half poured and being spread and smoothed out.


The foundation and slab is finished.


In addition, we had extra stone put on the driveway and top soil added around so we can plant grass. Quite a difference from when it started.

I will say the crew did an awesome job with the foundation. If anyone in the area needs concrete work I would highly recommend these guys.

Foundation Walls

The foundation wall have been poured and are complete. This corner where you see the square area will be a screened room/porch. We cannot go beyond the footprint of the house so we have to make a screened porch in this area of the garage.


Now the foundation is being back filled, where the dirt and rock that was dug out is put back in and around the foundation.


In addition to the garage foundation being done the panels around the windows is almost complete.

Garage Foundation 1

Work has started on the garage foundation. These are the forms for the footings.


The cement for the footings is being poured here.


The poured footings. The foundation walls are poured on these footings.


These are the poured walls for the foundation. The next stage will be the back filling of the dirt/rock around and in the foundation. Then the floor will be poured.

Foundation Hole is Dug

This is the messy foundation we had in back of the house that will become our garage. As you can see they have started digging the foundation hole.


The existing foundation is being removed.


The digging is completed; fortunately they had a big power shovel since the digging was all in rock ledge.


Another view from the back.

Great Room Photos

The room is not finished yet but it is still looking pretty good. Here are a couple of photos of the Great Room. We can't believe that all this furniture fit in our small house we just sold.


This is our dining room table.


I just like the way this clock looks next to the checkerboard.

Air Conditioner and Messy Foundation

This is one thing we are really glad we installed in the house...an air conditioner. With the weather as it has been this summer it really came in handy. This is one thing we said we must have in the new house.


Tomorrow they are going to start working on the garage foundation. They are going to tear out the existing walls and fill in the hand dug well.


The existing foundation is quite the eyesore and within a week we will have the slab in place.