So, each day they have been tunneling under our home and removing the dirt, getting ready for the BIG lift that will happen in a few weeks. (The house will be raised about 12 inches in the front and about 4 inches in the rear.) As they remove the dirt, a pump has been put in place to drain any rain/water that enters. The steel piers are being placed throughout the foundation, in a grid-like pattern. The piers look like Hostess Ho Ho's... about 2 feet long. They are placed under the home (all 53) and when they get ready to lift, they will be pushed down and stacked on top of each other - about 35 feet (til they hit bedrock - or something stable). Once all the piers are in place, lifting the house, they will fill the Ho Ho's with concrete and cable.
They are now placing piers on the outside perimiters of the house. Each 3 feet they dig a hole down to get under the foundation to place a pier. Needless to say, all the tulip and daffodil bulbs that I planted last Fall will probably end up growing... growing... who knows where! We currently have bushes and trees that have been removed (and placed elsewhere) until all the piers are in place around the home...
It's quite the project and we will be much happier when it is behind us.
And yes, the curiosity has "killed all the Thomas Cats" and Zach and a bunch of friends wanted to go down and see what this was all about... so we let them. Glenn went down too and was amazed at the job that has been going on Down Under.
3 comments:
woah! Good luck with that! Hope it gets done quickly!
THat's HUGE!!!!! Does insurance cover that?????
The house is 8 years old. It is insured for 10 YEARS! Shew... once it's fixxed it's a lifetime guarantee.
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