Jon and Pat's Infill-Build Log
Demolition Complete -- The Old Homestead is History
June 18th, 2008 - Phase 1 Excavation began the demolition Wednesday, and finished hauling away the concrete foundation Thursday. I even took photos! If only I could get a new home built as fast as I can get an old one torn down! Basically 3 hours and our old home was rubble.
You can click on any of these images to get a larger view. The village requires metered water (we used about 2100 gallons) to be applied during the tear-down to control dust and keep particulates to a minimum. The site was surprisingly clean during the demolition.
Below are photos of the Wednesday tear-down in progress, followed by images from Thursday after removal of all debris and concrete.
Current follow-on scheduled activities:
- CES surveyors stake out the new home foundation on Monday (the 23rd).
- Pick up construction permit during week (and pay, pay, pay the village).
- Steve's Trees does root-pruning of our neighbor's giant sugar maple roots crossing into our lot Wednesday (the 25th).
- Silt Fencing will be installed by our GC Thursday (the 26th).
- Phase 1 Excavations will dig the new foundation on the following Monday (the 30th).
- Holhard Construction will set foundation footings, call in inspector and then pour foundation footings/walls Tuesday-Wednesday (the July 1-2nd).
