12/5 - Foundation Walls Backfilled

Work has been progressing on the house, but not in especially visible ways. The basement and foundation walls have been backfilled somewhat. On Wednesday the drain tile was installed in the footings.

Installing drain tile.

Drain tile partially in place.

The front entrance to the house will be on the west side of the house. Under the foyer we will have an unheated root cellar. We plan to use this as an actual root cellar for the produce that we hope to grow on the acreage. In front of that is the porch. In the next picture you can see the foundation for these.

Future porch and root cellar.