Groundwork

Week 4: The ground our house will soon be perched on has officially been prepped. The site was graded/leveled and the pluming groundwork put in place (notice the shiny white pipes).

 

The water service from meter in the sidewalk to the inside of the house was replaced. The plumbing for the inside of the house is new as well (obviously).

There are actually two separate pipe systems shown above. The main plumbing for the house is running deeper than the long piping in the foreground. The piping situated above will travel through under the house carrying rain water from the rear patio and from the stairs leading to the rooftop deck. This is done so we don't have flooding in the house from those two outdoor areas. Isn't that cleaver? The pipe is carried all the way through the sidewalk and into the street which will then run away from our house.  

Mr. Contractor's crew also began digging out the footers for the rear wall. Sadly, we couldn't get back there to take pictures of that.  Just breaks your heart I imagine. Not being able to see a hole in the ground and all.  

To make it up to you here is a picture of H taking a peek through our future living room window.

Please notice two things in the above picture. First, H does in fact have all 10 fingers even though it may look like he lost a pinky somewhere along the line (yes, I am even counting the crooked one). Second, the bottom right corner of the pic shows a nice pile o' bricks. Here is an upclose and more Instagram-y view.  (see more of those to the left)

Ain't it pretty?