Land Clearing to House Building...

[hunterridgefarm]

Hrer is a good comparison of pictures taken at the same angle from clearing to stump removal.

This is where the house will be.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Time to dig the basement.

 

[3RRL]

Looks like the home will have a pretty big footprint. That is a lot of excavating for the basement. What is that ... about 60' wide across or so?
What did you do with all that red dirt?

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Rob,

The house alone is 56'x36'. The dirt is still there. I will use some for fill and some to level a pad beside the garage. I will need some of it where my other road goes to the river bottom to help even it out.

At first I thought about giving most of it away since a lot of people were asking for it. But when I started looking around I found several places I could use it. If I have any left over I'll have no problem getting rid of it.

David

 

[3RRL]

David,
Not only that, it looks like you have plenty of places to hide what you don't need anyway. It will also come in handy for future projects, I'm sure.
I don't throw away any of my dirt. But I do move it a lot ... from one pile and then back again.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Rob,

My wife asked me what I was going to do with all that dirt. I told her I was going to dig a hole and bury it .

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Here are some pics of the footings.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Block arrive.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Block being laid.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

More pics of block work.