Sunday, October 27, 2013
The "New" Old Floating House
LOTS AND LOTS of progress this week!!! The north and the west walls of the basement were taken out this week. It makes for a COLD house but I'll deal with the cold if it means getting a new basement!! It's really incredible how my house is sitting right now. The only thing really holding it up are a few basement jacks. It looks like it's floating. The concrete footings were poured on Friday. This week the Bailey's are going to start forming the new walls with the Styrofoam forms that will be used. Not sure what all that entails so this is a learning process for all of us :). Stayed tuned...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
This Tough Old Dirt
Found out this week that this basement isn't going down without a fight. After 4 good days of work around the outside of the house, it was discovered that the 103 year old dirt around the foundation is just too tough for the mini excavator that Bailey's brought in. A bigger excavator will make an appearance later this week and work should really take off. What the guys did get accomplished was digging trench to run the tile that will be set around the bottom of the foundation and the new tile that will drain my gutters.
So stay tuned until next Sunday to HOPEFULLY see some major progress being done. It's an exciting time around here and I'm glad you all are in it with me.
Enjoy my 4th annual fall colors shot :). How awesome is it that I get to wake up and see those trees every single morning?! My great-great grandparents were pretty smart cookies about choosing the location to build their, now my, dream home.
So stay tuned until next Sunday to HOPEFULLY see some major progress being done. It's an exciting time around here and I'm glad you all are in it with me.
Enjoy my 4th annual fall colors shot :). How awesome is it that I get to wake up and see those trees every single morning?! My great-great grandparents were pretty smart cookies about choosing the location to build their, now my, dream home.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Support System
Work has officially started on the basement, no turning back now!! This week consisted of getting the support beams set under the house. They also dug some footing holes and removed all my ductwork. Hopefully it doesn't get too cold!! Thank goodness I have a couple of infrared heaters!
I talked to Bailey's today and they are going to start digging tomorrow. So work should really take off. Stay tuned for weekly updates from now on! It's going to get EXCITING!!!
I talked to Bailey's today and they are going to start digging tomorrow. So work should really take off. Stay tuned for weekly updates from now on! It's going to get EXCITING!!!
Sunday, October 6, 2013
This Creepy Old Basement
This only means one thing....I'm getting ready to start another new project on This BEAUTIFUL New Old House!!! This isn't going to be just a tiny new little project either.
This spring after the amount of rain that we had gotten, I was sick of running my sump pump every other day pumping water out of my basement. The most water I pumped out at one time was 18 inches. Most other days it was ONLY 2-4 inches. On days when it would rain and rain, I could see water seeping in through the cracks in the old limestone. It was enough to bring a girl to tears. So I had it and decided that this old house needs a new basement!! I talked to Jeff at Lockridge and he got me some quotes from guys that do this sort of work. I decided to have Charlie and George Bailey do the job for me. They have a fairly new way of pouring new basements under existing houses. They just support the house with beams while they work on 2 walls at a time. They say that it is less stressful on the house than jacking it up. And Lord knows that this house doesn't need anymore stress. She's already been through enough and I'm not going to subject her to anymore than what she needs. I am very confident and have no worries. These guys know what they are doing and have done a few basements like this before and say that it works really well. I'm anxious to see how they do it.
Enjoy the pictures of the 103 year old basement. The limestone at the bottom most likely came off the farm that the house sits on. Kind of sad knowing how much work went into laying it and now it is being replaced. Sometimes things need to be done though. I didn't do this much work to the house and then have an unusable, leaky basement sitting underneath of it. So I figured since I'm still young (27 is young, right??), I might as well just replace it now before it got worse and prices got higher. Stay tuned for more frequent updates!!
This spring after the amount of rain that we had gotten, I was sick of running my sump pump every other day pumping water out of my basement. The most water I pumped out at one time was 18 inches. Most other days it was ONLY 2-4 inches. On days when it would rain and rain, I could see water seeping in through the cracks in the old limestone. It was enough to bring a girl to tears. So I had it and decided that this old house needs a new basement!! I talked to Jeff at Lockridge and he got me some quotes from guys that do this sort of work. I decided to have Charlie and George Bailey do the job for me. They have a fairly new way of pouring new basements under existing houses. They just support the house with beams while they work on 2 walls at a time. They say that it is less stressful on the house than jacking it up. And Lord knows that this house doesn't need anymore stress. She's already been through enough and I'm not going to subject her to anymore than what she needs. I am very confident and have no worries. These guys know what they are doing and have done a few basements like this before and say that it works really well. I'm anxious to see how they do it.
Enjoy the pictures of the 103 year old basement. The limestone at the bottom most likely came off the farm that the house sits on. Kind of sad knowing how much work went into laying it and now it is being replaced. Sometimes things need to be done though. I didn't do this much work to the house and then have an unusable, leaky basement sitting underneath of it. So I figured since I'm still young (27 is young, right??), I might as well just replace it now before it got worse and prices got higher. Stay tuned for more frequent updates!!
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