A very resourceful local resident was interested in a storage shed as he started work on his new house site. The bedroom addition was dismantled over the weekend and hauled away Monday. With the structures we're replacing now taken away, the work to install drainage around the existing foundation is underway. This cool old house has very deep 10' tall basement walls - quite uncommon for a house from 1940 (uncommon for a house from 2012 as well).
Surprises everywhere. There is even a door in the basement wall that had been covered over with cement blocks on the inside, making it nearly undetectable from the interior. I put styrofoam insulation in the recessed hole and applied spray foam to seal the edges to the concrete walls.
Here I am applying foundation coating to the exterior of the concrete to help keep moisture at bay. To my right the water line can be seen entering the house. Below the right hand window is the remnant of a former cast iron pipe leading out to a grey water tank that has been long abandoned.
Here are a couple of workers (Josh and Charlie) I recruited from Thanksgiving vacation.
Here is the house at dusk, footing drains installed, waiting for the new foundation to be dug next week.
Here is the house at dusk, footing drains installed, waiting for the new foundation to be dug next week.
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