Day 10 - We need an ark!

So we awoke this mroning to the sound of distant thunder. I checked the radar map and hoped that the storm would continue north past us without making a big mesh. No such luck. It POURED for about 45 minutes - the closest place where they published a rainfall reading said nearly 3 inches in the hour that it rained. Seeing the effect of the storm on the pit, I have no reason to doubt that assessment.

Remember the footings that they dug yesterday? Those are an inch under the surface of the water.

Another view from the kitchen.

It is hard to see here, but the ramp for the bobcat is about 10 different little streams of water running down from the back yard.

So on my way out, Chris - the project manager - told me that Hyo was off renting a pump to clear out the water. This is something that they have dealt with before, but the rain made us lose a half a day at least.

By the time I got home, though, they had made a lot of progress on setting the footings and pounding in the rebar... just in time for the rain to start again.

Another deluge. To their credit, they stuck around waiting for the rain to pass, but it never did. The mason and his crew just had to call it a day and hope that the water drains into the ground by tomorrow morning.


The same view up the ramp. You can see the concrete that they put in today.

Another view near the west side of the house.



The base of what will eventualy be the stairwell to the basement unit.


Sorry about the weird angle, not sure why the blog won't let me rotate it, but hee is the window well on the east side of the basement.

Up the ramp from the other angle.

Tomorrow is the day that they start on the walls (if the rain holds off, that is)!