1530+ bricks have now been carted out of the courtyards through the house and the demolition of the courtyard concrete pads has begun. What appeared to all to be 417 sq. ft. of innocent 4" deep pads, that could easily be removed with a sled hammer and muscle-turned out to be 4-5" pads with reinforced wire inside and 10-11" round concrete piers that extend into the ground 1-2 feet. The 4X4' pads have one pier on each corner and who knows how many are on the larger pads.
Upon this discovery I called my mild-mannered Geotechnical Engineer husband and said:
"I need a Geotechnical Engineer!"
In all our years of marriage I don't think I ever actually needed his professional services! Of course his professional reply to my dilemma was "What?!!?" So I put the contractor on the phone.
It's good to have an engineer around.
We were all perplexed-Why so many piers on garden patio pads? The new concrete demolition expert was not perplexed, so we hired him.
Next week he is bringing his cutting/ digging equipment through the house into the courtyards to cut up these pads and piers. Then it all gets carted through our guest room and living room across hardwood floors...oh my!
4 comments:
Sounds like you already have had a curve ball or two moving into the new house. I say we break this house in for real when August rolls around with a BIG dinner. : )
Justin
Piers? Now I am perplexed! Was there a lake under the bricks?
How is the fishing there?
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the comments! Justin you are right-a big party is definitely in order!
Bill, we did find out there is a lake under the house! So we'll be fishin' out of the living room slider!
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