We hired an excavator last week to do the push out for our garage addition. We also talked with him about removing all the concrete in the backyard and knocking down a "garage" building (a rotten shed). Well since he has been here he has completed the backyard, in a matter of hours, demolished the shed and took extra dirt from here and there and leveled out a spot that Michael can eventually put a shop, then decided that we could really use a driveway overhaul. His name is Richard and apparently he is having so much fun working around the property that he keeps doing little extra things . . . like collecting all the big rocks from around the property and building a rock retaining wall in the front. He has improved the look so much we are in awe. We know we will have to pay him more than we originally agreed upon but we are so pleased with his work it will be easy to do so. Here are pictures of the driveway project. He even brought us stuff to put in a drainage system to re-route the water that comes down the driveway. Maybe on Friday we will actually do the push out for the garage.
Digging out for the drainage
Michael and Richard laying pipe in the HUGE hole.
First two loads of gravel show up at 2PM on Monday. . . I have 11 ladies coming to our house at 6:30 for Bunco!! Will we have a driveway?? Michael and Byron worked their back ends off to get the gravel spread.
I can not believe how much gravel had to be brought in to do just this bottom portion of the driveway, but we are so happy with the way things are turning out. We definitely shot the gravel budget.
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