More Cowbell....I mean Foundation

Ok, now we are finally current.  Today, Gabe went out to the house by himself (AGAIN).  I had some drafting to get done.  We have a wedding to go to tomorrow, so we didn't stay over at Mom and Dad's place tonight.

There were some hired guys setting the form for the mud slab on the east side.

The guys should be back next week to pour the concrete.  There will be one step going down a level.  These areas will be useful for heated storage as well as house the water tank.

Gabe's project was to mix some mortar:

And to level and shore up the foundation at the existing entry from the main area to the existing dining room/kitchen:

Nice and level!!

He also removed about 5 feet of brick from the top of the chimney stack on the 2nd floor.  We plan to save the bricks to re-purpose them in some way.  Here is a before and after:

Before

After

Lots of brick!!

Next step is to have the rest of the brick removed (one and half stories), replace the bottom plate above the newly placed mortar in the divide,  and finally start hanging floor joists.  We hope to have the mud slab be completed by next weekend as well.

And that is a wrap for this weekend.