We are now the proud owners of a 840 square foot sandbox!
This week the team jackhammered and removed the entire concrete pad in the basement. This phase actually went quite quickly, and was not as dusty as we had imagined. The team started early Monday morning and worked into the afternoon jackhammering the old concrete, and stacked it beautifully in the corner waiting for the arrival of the dumpsters on Tuesday. Breaking up the concrete did not seem to be as much work as it was to remove it from the basement. Using our back window, one man would pass the chunks out the window to another guy with a wheelbarrow who would then take it to the dumpster parked on the street. Once all the concrete was removed, they moved on to removing about 1 foot of sand using the same process.
Wednesday, Shealyn met with the plumber and our contractor, John, to discuss where the pipes would go, as well as the sump pump and backflow inhibitor. Really exciting stuff! On Friday, the plumber got to work replacing all the old clay pipes and installing beautiful new PVC ones.
What has surprised us most about this stage, is just how much soft sand we have under our house. It really would make a nice place to build a few sandcastles!
Good thing we don’t have a cat!
All the concrete from the basement, beautifully stacked on one corner.
So sandy!
That black box is our brand new Backflow Inhibitor, so fancy.
No more clay pipes for us! That curved pipe is for the bottom of our outdoor stairs, leading into the sump pump.
Bathroom and Laundry pipes!