diggin' the walkout

[frwinks]

You, my friend, need a dumptruck!

If I start up there to Ontario in my DT now, I'd get there about this time next year.
It's a 1958 IH.

NICE...I'll start plannin' now

just a quick update...everything went as planned on our first pour, 4footings and both zone2's done in under an hr.
Big red




one of the zones gettin' filled


This pad is 4'x4' and will hold two of the main posts of the frame, a 12x12 and a 10x10. We thought we'd have some fun with it since it's right in the center of the basement. We'll end up polishing and covering it with claystone (we have quite the collection of stone forming from all the diggin')

 

[3RRL]

Man, quite a project. You have dug and moved tons of dirt!
Are you sure it was you or girl that did all that? It's great to see everybody involved.

 

[frwinks]

shhhh.. don't give away the secrets
Both of us have been working hard and having fun @ the same time with this project so far.. just want to finish this phase before the cold sets in....for the next 4-5 months

We poured the rest of the footing pads, and both zone 1's for the underpinning on Friday. After getting the concrete truck stuck and unstuck, we poured just over 5 meters in under an hr again.




We poured a 24"x8" footing for the new prow wall.


and finished off the pads inside the basement.



yet another load of stone Tammy collected


Saturday night we decided to take down the existing wall. Our mason recommended to re-use the 10" blocks from this wall for the new prow wall. Since the blocks are solid and it's saving us $$$$, I figured I'd save him some work (and us more $$) and take in AWNNN

8pm


found someones juice can from the 70's in one of the blocks around 9:30pm


10pm


11:30pm


all blocks cleaned and ready for Ray the mason around 12:30pm

 

[Egon]

Really nice pictorial tour of the job. Thanks for posting.

But one thing; now that you are finished. Some folks say you are not supposed to dig with a loader bucket!!!

 

[Luremaker]

That's one big job you guys are undertaking! I hope you can get it all closed up before the snow flies. We had snow flakes in the air on the weekend. Winter's coming fast.

 

[frwinks]

thanks and we should have it "winterized" in the next two weeks...fingers crossed....

We laid the prow frost wall and started the center pilaster yesterday... a lot of cutting, but I think it looks wicked (too bad I have to backfill it all now). With the long weekend coming up, we should get most of what needs to be done...done (framing the prow wall, floor extension, and weeping tile laid out for inspeciton next week).

 

[frwinks]

we didn't get as much as I wanted done, but the wall is up and the floor extension is in. Looking back, we should've formed and poured the frost wall and the pilasters I spent half a day filling hollow block cells with TypeS mortar
With the temps falling quickly around here, I'm hoping to get the weeping tile/waterproofing/insulation done this weekend and finally backfill around the house

 

[rtdiggr]

WOW nice work, it looks like it is coming along nicely. That is a beautiful part of Ont. you live in.

Shane

 

[frwinks]

hey, thanks!! where in ON are you?

well, we had out first snow fall today.. a week too early IMO
After wirebrushings most of the old tar/sand damproofing off the walls, we applied BlueSeal waterproofing membrane. The stuff was pretty easy to apply with brushes, smelled OK, and turned the basement walls a pretty blue color, which Tammy really liked.



Unfortunately, it did not dry in the 24hrs they claim on the label (I guess due to cold temps at night), so Sunday we spent cleaning up and insulating/backfilling the prow wall.
It finally turned dark blue yesterday, about 48hrs later, ready for backfill in most cases (and code). We dediced to go the extra step in making sure our basement is dry.
We attached the Delta plastic membrane last night, again a pretty easy process. Once everything is laid out, it goes quick and the .22 caliber Ramset is fun to work with

 

[rtdiggr]

Little Vegas aka Niagara Falls

Shane