Day 6: Cutting trenches

Strings were set up at the 4 foundation corners to create a line for the backhoe to follow when cutting footing trenches. The backhoe cut 2 foot wide footing trenches for the North, East and South walls. The laser level was used periodically to check that the trench depth was accurate to within a few inches. Two people with shovels kept the trenches clean of small debris as the backhoe progressed. This work went quickly after all the good preparation done in previous days. Batter boards were set up at the 4 corners to get ready for positioning the walls on the footings. The diagonal measurements to the outside of the footings were accurate to within an inch. That is great for the footings. Here is pic of the trenches as we finished Saturday.


Trenches for the water supply and phone line were also cut today. We made good progress and ended early. It was quite hot and everyone was ready to start the weekend after a hard week.

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