Day 5 - Digging Foundations

The team started on the foundations today.

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The above photo 1 shows the start of the trench looking at it from the back of the house.

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Photo 5 shows where the existing drain was coming from the side of the house and running down the length of the trench in Photo 4.
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Photo 6 shows where an existing brick manhole used to be to take the drain back towards the front of the property to connect to the public sewer. You can just see the clay pipe to the right of the middle of the photo.
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Photos 7 and 8 show the current pile of waste in the front. I did ask they use something to protect the driveway but its too late for that now. Hopefully it won't be too damaged.

More breaking of the floors continued inside the dining room and hallway.
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Photos 9, 10 and 11 show the dining room.
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Photos 11 and 12 show the hallway.



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