Cash, Boom, Bang ='s A New Basement Wall

Crash, Boom, Bang

Click here to read about the basement wall falling down 

Thank you to all for the well wishes for our basement wall.

I am happy to report our wall is up and our project should be complete by the end of the week.

We prepared over the weekend to have our crew come on Monday. 
Our friend Lori was hoping we would find buried treasure.
While tearing out some dry wall in the laundry room, my husband found .52 cents up in the beam of the house.  "We are rich!"

Monday, we woke up to SNOW! Because of the weather our crew had to cancel the original plans.

Our laundry room is along the wall that needed to be prepared for demolition! I have been out of a washing machine and a dryer  while waiting for this project to start. Did I ever find out how spoiled I am with my washing machine.

 Thursday we woke to sunshine and warmer temperatures as the day continued.

THINGS ARE GOING TO GET LOUD!

 The wall came out easy for our crew.

 A big scoop! 

They used a dump truck to haul away the old rock foundation and old soil.
No buried treasure was found in the hole.

 A big cement truck coming in. 

 A new footing was poured. Our contractor hoped to use the original footing. It ended up not being in good shape.  Because of that set back, we were not able to lay the brick the same day as opening the house.

 Our crew had a cool way of sliding down the brick to each other.

  

Slide and catch.

Wrapping up the basement for the night.

 All day Friday rain was in the forecast.

It did not rain! It was cool and damp. Thankfully, it did not rain.

Saturday and Sunday we enjoyed a beautiful Spring day.

The wall is drying nicely. 

Monday our crew plans to put on a water proof coat.

The hole will need to be filled up.

Our driveway will need to be touched up.

Wednesday, I should be back in business with my washing machine.

I might just give it a big kiss!

Thank you again, for the well wishes. 

This project was just a wee bit stressful for me.

We had a great crew! We had great weather!

Yippee!

Crash, Boom, Bang

 We were sitting down reading. Enjoying a cozy afternoon under a blanket.

We heard a loud, CRASH, BOOM, BANG!

Down went our East side of the basement wall.

We have everything ready to go, just waiting on the weather. But our basement had different ideas.

CRASH, BOOM, BANG

The part with the yellow insulation is an old coal chute. We live in a 100 year old house. We call it our "This Old House". Our home is full of old time character. It is also full of some old time troubles.  The East side of the basement is one of them.

We have been waiting for Spring to Spring so our contractor can get started. I guess our basement decided not to wait!

The funny thing, our boys had made up a little slogan each time they walked past our basement wall.

"Hold Until Relieved!"

 

The good news. Our weather is looking good for the next week. We are praying for the ground to  thaw and dry.  I will keep you posted!

Have a Crash, Boom, Bang of a week!