This was an exciting week for progress on the basement!!! On Tuesday, the second beam that will span the width of the house was installed and properly aligned. The two new wood and steel beams were first put in place by temporary scaffolding and then the construction team spent Tuesday cutting out the old beam and removing the 6 pillars. As these were removed, they then cut into the joists to place the two new beams.
On Wednesday the team arrived at 6:30am to get up and running to install the three new support pillars, which will take the weight off of the foundation. This apparently was more of a production than what Jon and I would have predicted. The team had to dig down about 3 square feet (maybe 4) to place the beams. Once the beams were in place, the city inspector came to make sure everything was looking okay and was up to code. Once he signed off, the concrete truck arrived and the team poured the footings.
The concrete now needs to set until Monday, when they will start on the next beam at the bottom of the stairs.
Old Beam meets new beam
You can see a new post/pillar on the right (note, the accumulated dirt from the three holes in the back)
The post before inspection and first layer of concrete.
The dirt from the three footings, this is about 5 feet high
Can you imagine how excited the kids in the daycare were when they saw this truck arrived?
Wow — quite the production!!!
Wow steel! A marvel of the modern world.