May 20, 2015 - More big changes

This past week saw the end of several old (very old and very dirty) Poplar trees, the end of the demolition around the carriage house and the beginning of the concrete ramp leading us into the garage.

Trevor Burton, of Burton's Towering Tree Service, swings from one tree to the other as he cuts the limbs off from the bottom to the top and then cuts the tree truck down from the top to the bottom.

From back here you start to get a sense of how large these trees are (were).

The carriage house was quickly becoming a breezeway with open access from the driveway to the back yard.

Here you can see the different levels of concrete that had gone into making the floor over the years.

This wall had to be taken down and the footings rebuilt. As it was, the wood of the wall was about 6 inches below ground. Over the years the soil simply rose up and the old footings sank into the ground.

Matt brought in the big guns to remove the old concrete.

The new footing molds are in place and full of concrete . They will form the base of the new walls and eventually will become the laundry/utility room and the corridor connecting the barn to the house.

Digging the trenches for the footings of the ramp that will allow us to drive into the barn.