All backfill completed!

All of the backfill around the yard is now complete.  They came today to fill in the trench in the front yard where the water line upgrade was done.  They did not however go into the crawl space and cover up the trench in there.

So, I had to go in there and do it myself.  Thankfully it is almost entirely sand in there so I just had to push it all back into the hole.

I still say that having to go into a 95 year old dirt floor crawl space is the worst task I as a homeowner have to do.  Well, that and cleaning out hair and congealed soap from the drains.

No other work today besides continued plumbing work.  That is going to pretty much be my life for the next several weeks.

This is the typical getup I wear anytime I need to go in the crawlspace.  Also I ended up putting goggles on but took them off halfway through because they started fogging up.  The bike helmet is to protect my head as it is almost impossible not to bump into things in there.  Anyways, quite the look!

This didn't happen today but I didn't post yesterday.  They completed the bottom of the interior basement stair landing.  The stairs have to do a 90° at the very bottom so that they remain inside the future hallway.

Finally, all of the windows were delivered yesterday.  Very exciting!!!  This photo just shows some of them.  In total there are 27!

Backfill complete

Water line digging did not begin today, but they did finish the backfill for the foundation.  They actually had to truck in some extra dirt as they removed a bit too much during the initial excavation.

The only area left to be filled in is around the sewer line, which they left extra dirt for.

Anyways, it's great to finally have level ground back there again and to have the two windows wells in place.  Although now it's just a bunch of dirt and will promptly turn to complete mud the next time we get rain.  I'll happily trade that though.

I do need to check with them next week to make sure there is plenty of sloping away from the foundation.  Pretty sure they did it right but I want to be sure.

They also went ahead and dug the hole for my drywell, which will save me a whole bunch of digging.

Reno week 2

Relatively uneventful day progress wise today.  Interior demo is nearly complete, excavation has just about 2 hours of work left.  They have started building the formwork for the footers...hoping to have footers poured on Wednesday, inspection and weather permitting.
Two large deliveries today: Type II EPS foam insulation board (foundation walls, basement slab perimeter) (pictured) and the Henry Blueskin foundation waterproofing membrane.

Demo day 6?

I say question mark because I am starting to lose track of the days.  I guess eventually I will stop labeling these by day #.

The new foundation space is really starting to take shape.  They should be finished with the excavation by the end of the day on Monday.  The large dirt pile will remain in place for several weeks until backfill is completed.

I will be cutting the cast iron sewer pipe tomorrow and installing the Fernco coupling and PVC exterior cleanouts.  Otherwise, there's not much else I can do until the excavation completes.

Demo day 5

Also check out the video walkthrough...

Https://YouTube.be/7c5AjbgyNJE

Demo day 4, excavation day 1

First day of excavation...lots of demoing going on inside as well.  We decided to take down all of the plaster walls, including the ones that are not being otherwise modified.