How Firm a Foundation -- NOT

We are no longer have a foundation under our house. They added tubes to the end of our down spouts to get the water to run away from the house. They are trying to get it to be less muddy under the house.



They are digging down to undisturbed soil to pour our new foundation.



We have two piles of dirt in our yard. They are covered with plastic to keep them clean.

The house next door has been sold. We need to stop using their yard.

We can see Mount Si, a local landmark, from a couple of our windows now. Our view was blocked by trees when we were lower.

A lesson from George Washington

In honor of Washington's birthday, which is later this month, our contractor cut down our cherry tree. We knew we would lose the tree, we just didn't know when. They also removed the rest of our foundation.

They started digging a trench to put in the new footings.

We have noticed that our house moves in the wind.

Plumb bob

They removed one of the two remaining sections of foundation and hauled a lot of the old foundation away. When I was looking under the house I saw something to remind me of my surveying days. It was a plumb bob hanging from a beam. I think it is to line up the new foundation with the house.

More foundation removed

They removed more of our foundation today. There is just a little of the old foundation left. They also filled in trenches and holes in the yard. There is not any grass left near the house. The space under our house is currently being used as a garage. I thought we would park our cars in the garage, nor construction equipment.

Who Needs Water?

They started removing our old foundation today. The portion they removed was the old porch, and the front wall under the living room and master bedroom. That wall is where the water line enters the house. They broke the water line.

This where they removed the foundation. You can see the old water line. It has seen better days. I think those days were before I was born.
You can see the new main water line. It is the shiny black pipe connected to the color coded pipes in the house (blue for cold water).
The new water line goes over a log and connects to the water meter.

They will bury the line later. They did reconnect our water.