11/14 - Drain Tile Laid and Basement Dug

Rob joined us late in the afternoon to visit the job site and check on progress. He took these great pictures. Thanks Rob!

So what has changed from the weekend? They have laid the plastic drain tile on top of the gravel septic drainfield and covered it with straw.

Checking out the progess.

Here is the proud couple standing in front of their new septic field, complete with tile. Does it get any more romantic than this?


Septic drain tile is in.

They also dug the basement. How exciting to see a hole in the ground! The first sign of progress on the actual house.



Rob shot this picture while stainding in the basement excavation facing west. Len is pointing out the west-most part of the hole where the root cellar will be under the front porch.

Len points out the root cellar.

While we were there we did a little trail maintenance. Mar bought Len a heavy-duty 4 wheel wagon for his birthday. That was loaded up with the chain saw, brush wacker, lopping shears, etc. It was late enough in the afternoon that the light was failing, so the picture is a bit blurry.



And with this post I am completely caught up on old progress. The next post will be current info when we stop by sometime over Thanksgiving weekend.