Boulderdash
These two sisters were far too big for our little machine to move, so they became one with the footings by drilling and epoxying rebar into them.
Retaining walls, pour #2
Thankful for some friends showing up randomly at the perfect time as we finished the retaining walls (for the second time) and poured the front veranda piers.
Front-back deck
Directions aside, this was the start to the long process of building the back deck. On the front.
Weeping.
Weeping tile going in to drain our troubles down and away. Toward the neighbours.
Tractor pull (Did I use that already?)
The forms were stuck, but the Yanmar was having none of that.
Wire crew
Cutting wire to act as whalers for the retaining walls. These wires would be stretched to – and past – their limits.
If I could turn back time…
The longer of two retaining walls we built to assist the house in the difficult task of not falling over.
‘Til the landslide brought me down
I wanted to do more shovelling anyway.
Good timing
It’s good having friends randomly show up right as you’re pouring a few metres of concrete walls and sonotubes.
Skip the concrete truck
A couple bags of cement and some piles of sand and stone to finish the last piers. These couldn’t be done until the retaining wall was finished as they were in its backfill area.