The house after the fire and during rebuilding ~ 1979 - The House, after the fire during Keith's rebuilding ~ 1979

Comment:

This worked well as the dirt was soft fill dirt. BUT when we came to the back corner where John had poured cement over the raised mound, it was the original hillside clay and chalkrock! A hard swing of the pick would remove only a SMALL chunk! H ere we are looking at the back corner behind Devil's Gulch where the big mirror was. Scalp is gone, and we have dug to about the bottome of Devil's Gulch.

tworkshop1 * The workshop behind Andrews. * 1039 x 1024 * (707KB)

tworkshop2 * ...and after a little cleanup. * 1039 x 1024 * (889KB)

tupcorner * Looking up from the same location. * 1039 x 1024 * (853KB)

tzupcornerwork * ...and after some work. * 1039 x 1024 * (820KB)

digfloor * We had to lower the cement floor in the basement to meet code for living space. (we dropped it about 16 and poured additional foundation) We dug out the dirt under the slab, then broke off chunks with a sledge hammer. * 1039 x 1024 * (882KB)

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cementmixer * We had to add some foundation due to lowering the floor and excavation. * 1039 x 1024 * (734KB)

fndtnfrenchgulch * Under French Gulch (the back corner still to be excavated). * 1039 x 1024 * (731KB)

backfoundation * And the back corner. * 1039 x 1024 * (683KB)

spiral1 * We had to put in a spiral stair. Since we lowered the basement floor, the stairs would have run into the far wall, and if we made them steeper, they would not meet rise-run code. * 1039 x 1024 * (741KB)

spiral2 * BUT you can have a STEEP spiral stair! * 1039 x 1024 * (727KB)

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