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April 9 - The final blasting |
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| We got this close! | |
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| Another angle. | |
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We're blasted! |
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| The new rock wall between us and the neighbours. | |
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| I might get Mike (the digger operator) to switch the last couple of rocks. | |
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April 12 |
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| A few extra holes to finish what the first blasting missed. This machine made it look easy. | |
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| BC Hydro came today and conncted our power line up the driveway. Next week when the big digger comes back, Mike won't have to dodge the power line! | |
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April 18 |
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| Final blasting done and they're back to remove the blasting matts . We have the driveway back! This is great but be carefull backing down in the dark, there's a mighty big hole to fall into. | |
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| Oliver and Ian building some footings to keep or house on the cliffop. | |
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| The new footings. Oliver drilled into the bedrock and anchored them with rebar. Howard now needs a new Makita hammer drill like theirs. | |
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The excavation is complete! We're now out of destruction and into construction - we actually have swadust on site. Hopefully I won't have to unhook the sewer line again for a bit. |
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May 3 |
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| There's always a machine to do the work. This is the wood for the foundation forms arriving. | |
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| Who ever thought our addition would be built with such special wood, and that's just the footing forms (he said sarcastically). |
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| Here's our new $4000 dollar connection to storm drains going in. | |
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| Here's what cost $1000 - the flag guy | |
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| But look at what we got - a fancy cover at the end of the driveway and ten feet of pipe. | |
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