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   xMike_Smith | Mar 08, 2002 06:26am | #1

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   today we started to dig.... pulled all the old stumps out of the ground and the two new ones....george is worried someone's gonna recognize his face from the post office

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 08, 2002 06:30am | #2

   *David owns the trailer dump... dedicated to Dale Earnhart....making sure the stumps going in will come out the back.. the excavtor has a fold down thumb for picking rock, stumps and other odd shapes

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 08, 2002 06:31am | #3

   *we crawled under , jacked and shored , then george started digging..... solid shale at 18"..lucky a rig like this can rip it...

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 08, 2002 06:33am | #4

   *by beer 30 we had quite a start on it... dig we must tomorrow...

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   Pro-Dek | Mar 08, 2002 07:01am | #5

   *Wow Mike! What's holding that thing up? That's what I call an ambitious way to add onto a building.You tear into remodels like your making salsa. Your Salsa was great, by the way.Looks like a fun Job.Bob

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   Mike_Smith | Mar 08, 2002 07:12am | #6

   *bob... a couple hail marys... and this shoring....there is about a 4' cantilever from our shoring... but i figure i can get away with it..figuring the loads are about as light as you can get in houses..

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   Pro-Dek | Mar 08, 2002 08:23am | #7

   *Looks lke you're having great weather for this job. It is snowing here right now.

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 09, 2002 05:49am | #8

   *well, yesterday was short sleeves.. today started out with two sweatshirts...we did some more shoring with our old building mover screw jacks...

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 09, 2002 05:51am | #9

   *here's a close up of the jacks.. and the 2x6 box they fit in....one job we made 16' boxes by scabbing them together with plywood...

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   xMike_Smith | Mar 09, 2002 05:54am | #10

   *we're digging to 9'4" below finish floor... we hit ground water at 9'3".. so grading should be easy...but ripping shale is slow work...Monday we'll finsih digging and put 8" of crushed stone in the hole...with an interior drain system....

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   Stan_Foster | Mar 09, 2002 06:04am | #11

   *Mike: Looks like you have quite the project going. Looks rather involved. Keep the nice shots coming.

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   mark_cadioli | Mar 09, 2002 01:01pm | #12

   *ground water at 9/3?....guess you won't need the laser level to see if your footers are right then? hello to Randy....oh alright then, ....and Roy.

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   andrew_d | Mar 10, 2002 06:31am | #13

   *Paging Mike Smith....Mike, didn't we talk about Trex "bungs" long ago? I tried to drop you a line, but it looks like you were unfortunate enough to be an @Home subscriber -- like me! Don't forget to write (& update your BT profile)? :-)thx -- Andrew D

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 10, 2002 07:44am | #14

    *andrew... bungs to you !just change the suffix to [email protected] sorting out the cox thing..... i updated my preferences here but it didn't get updated in the personal info.the xMike Smith is still me signed in on a different computer...whatever works.... so.... what's nu with you ? .. where ya been ?

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    Jeff_J._Buck | Mar 10, 2002 10:07am | #15

    *Hey Mike....so when do I start? Might be bringing a buddy with me......and a helper...that OK? one Carp...me...a lead..and his helper...oughta round out Gilligans Island! Jeff

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 10, 2002 06:38pm | #16

    *cathy would be the buddy, and corey the helper ?hah, hah, hah....gotta get some concrete in the hole..just bought one of those hancor sumps this am.. right after golf... stick it in the hole towmorrow..

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 12, 2002 04:13am | #17

    *rained over the weekend , so first we pumped out the hole.. then started installing 8" of 3/4 stone...

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 12, 2002 04:14am | #18

    *there was still a small piece of footing in the way.. so we drilled it and split it with feathers & wedges...

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 12, 2002 04:16am | #19

    *george finished digging , including the sump hole and the ramps for the concrete trucks..

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 13, 2002 01:48am | #20

    *Acme forms arrived at noon, after we finished installing the rest of the stone and the sump...big Kenworth rig with a palfinger boom and all the forms in cages...hey mark.. what can i say.. roy wouldn't build the forms without you..

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 13, 2002 01:50am | #21

    *lined and all the inserts installed, like these bucks for access to the crawl space...and the Andersen basement windows in the steel bucks..

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 13, 2002 01:51am | #22

    *under the house looks like this ... about 2' of working room...

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 13, 2002 01:53am | #23

    *ready at 3:30 for a 9:30 pour tomorrow...this is the first time i've used this form company.. but it looks like it won't be the last..

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    Dustin_ | Mar 14, 2002 05:59am | #24

    *Mike, post #10 is awesome. That picture deserves a subtitle, "And you thought your day would be long". I want the negative to blow it up. I have a gaping hole on my wall where that would look perfect.

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 14, 2002 12:55pm | #25

    *dustin.. is #10 the one with the bucket reaching under the house ?that george is a good operator...... so far ..good effort by everyone... well back to the saltmines....and let's be careful out there...

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 15, 2002 01:05am | #26

    *we got lucky with the block layout... here's the clearance we had on the forms for getting them into the hole...

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 15, 2002 01:06am | #27

    *anyways.. they stripped today... maybe tomorrow we'll snap ties and coat the foundation...

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    Stan_Foster | Mar 15, 2002 01:46am | #28

    *Mike:Looks like you have quite a job on your hands. Very interesting watching it progress.

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    Mike_Smith | Mar 15, 2002 02:15am | #29

    *thanks , stan.. still got a lot of head scratchin on the details....but concrete out of the ground is always a big relief..

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    Stan_Foster | Mar 15, 2002 02:28am | #30

    *Keep posting Mike. I always look forward to your projects. Its interesting at the end of my workday to sit down and see what others are up to. I called over to my wife the other night and said "Look at what this guy is up to."

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    ken_hill | Mar 15, 2002 10:44pm | #31

    *Mike- Thanks a LOT for all you postings. Always learning and I appreciate your willingness to share your expertise- I've worked with a few people who were downright stingy and condecending in that regard..........Hey, on the back (inside) wall, have you framed in two crawl access, or what are they? -Ken

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    Mike_Smith | Mar 15, 2002 11:21pm | #32

    *ken.... two crawl space access.. also looks like they'll double for getting some granular backfill in there...

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    Pro-Dek | Mar 16, 2002 01:30am | #33

    *Hey Mike- ya wanna send some of that sunshine this way? I'm getting a little tired of the rain, and buyin WD40.Bob

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    Mike_Smith | Mar 16, 2002 02:12am | #34

    *always happy to share, bob.. here..... it.... comes..hold out your hat...

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    bake_ | Mar 17, 2002 05:18pm | #35

    *Great series Mike! Nice to see someone's making progress! ;)

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 19, 2002 01:54am | #36

    *damp proofed the foundation yesterday.. good thing.. nothin but snow/rain today..tomorrow we backfill & the precast bulkhead gets installed also...

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    Pro-Dek | Mar 19, 2002 03:14am | #37

    *Pretty spotty job Mike!-hehe- They make us paint that stuff on solid up to 6" above the ground with a 2" foam insulator before back fill.But then we live in NeverNever land.Bob

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    xMike_Smith | Mar 19, 2002 04:04am | #38

    *BOB.... i finished it but it was too dark for pictures....i guess i sent too much of that sunshine your way.. nothing but snow/rain in the forecast