Well, it has certainly been an interesting February! And, weather-wise, the "interesting" part has extended into March. This has resulted in some of the projects in and around the house stopping and starting. I apologize for the lack of info here, but now I can report a few things.
The current agony is pouring the new driveway. The old, cracked concrete was removed, the area for the parking pad was all nicely graded and the forms were put into place, and then bad weather hit. You can't pour concrete when it is either too cold or too wet. So, recently it has been dry and very cold or warmer and wet. Here are photos of the preparation process:
Old driveway --- Before.
Driveway with old concrete removed. (Hard to see with the shadows -- sorry).
View from the street.The beginning of the grading/prep process. Sticky red clay.
Grading all done; forms and sand all in place now. Same view.
Grading on the parking pad area.
Another angle here. (I love that little Bobcat thing.)
Above -- grading and forms placement completed for the new parking pad for two cars (sort of out of the photo, but it's on the left), and the "landing pad" at the steps to the back porch (center). The concrete will also extend to the bottom of the new back entrance (column and brick thing, above).
The dump truck dropped all the sand/gravel/whatever on the street right in front of the house! I was a bit concerned about this. Construction has been underway since November, and I'm sure the poor neighbors think that the property will ALWAYS look like a construction site! And now there is this whole pile of stuff right in the street! But, I must admit that the guys cleaned up 99% of it to put right in the driveway and parking pad. There is only a bit left. Whew.
That's all for now -- more inside stuff in the next post! Thanks for following along with me.
Love, Carolyn
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