Last night we had a lovely time entertaining friends. Today, Bob and I donned our work clothes and gloves and started The Big Dig. Well, not too big as the house hasn't really got a deep foundation anyway.
The idea here is to excavate down to the edge of the house foundation and replace the dirt that lived in this odd strip up along the driveway with rock and gravel. We're happy to say that it did not need to be four feet deep like that blasted chimney foundation; this needs only be four inches or so. But it was hot work! Despite it being in the shade, the day got warm quickly. We quit at lunch time.
Here's the pile of gravel:
How exciting can a silly pile of gravel be, you may ask? Pretty friggin' exciting if it's YOUR pile of gravel and it's for the foundation on YOUR studio! That pile doesn't look huge but it took Bob two trips with our half ton pickup as you can only pick up a half a ton at a time. Therefore, that pile o' gravel represents a ton. And gravel is cheap! Who knew that? Bob and I would probably have bought all kinds of tons of gravel in the past if we'd known it was such a bargain. I guess we get our wish, as we can tell we'll need several more piles of gravel before the trench is filled in.
Hey! If anyone is having a particularly slow day and wants some good clean outdoor activity, they can certainly come by the BobnRita ranch and help dig.
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