I can’t think of a better way to communicate our progress than a weekly summary. This post will be the first of many blog posts produced on Sunday evenings.
Overall: We were not as productive as we wanted to be, yet proved how productive we could be (see Wednesday). The principal reason for lackluster perfomance, was out of our control – crummy wet weather.
Monday – unloaded the backhoe in light rain and snow. Too wet to get started.
Tuesday – the effects from Monday prevented us from digging trenches for footers. We pivoted, and brought in 7 dump truck loads of crushed stone for future foundation construction purposes. Spread the stone where it could be used later.
Wednesday – great weather, ground had dried sufficiently so we trenched 140 linear feet for the shop footers. Also cut and bent rebar for the shop footers, and called for building department inspection and concrete on Thursday.
Thursday – small amount of overnight rain on Wednesday brought everything to a halt. Cancelled the Brown County building department inspection for the footer trenches, which meant we also had to cancel concrete trucks.
Friday – sunny weather, but still too wet. Work day cancelled. Because the weather was unusually nice; before the sun set, drove out to show Carole the muddy mess at the site.
Saturday – beautiful warm sunny day. Was finally dry enough to trench footers, but the weather forecast for Sunday included a 90% probibility of severe thunderstorms on Sunday evening. Stupid and potentially disasterous to dig open trenches with the threat of a serious amount of rain, so spent Saturday morning, burying a large pile of concrete scrap from original mobile home on the property. Also filled in deep ruts created by the wet conditions. Backfilled the rutted areas with stone (see Tuesday) to make for a solid roadbed to support concrete and dump trucks next week. Dug near the county water meter to connect a water hydrant needed by the mason who will construct the CMU stem walls for the house and shop.
Sunday – nothing to do but wait and see what the weather brings on Sunday evening. Stay tuned for Week 2
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