LittleHouse – Redigging the Piers

 

LittleHouse – Re-digging the Piers

by admin on Mar.17, 2005, under Foundation

Arrival
12 March 2005.
This is how the site looked when we arrived and set up camp.
The site survived the torrential rains that have continuously doused the area since last October. There were no signs of significant washout on our property. It appears that the washes did their job just fine, releasing it over a broad area.

This area of Northern Arizona has received about 16 to 18 inches of rain since last fall. That's about 3 or 4 times the normal rainfall. Many of the roads had washed out or been mudded in.
It is good to finally get back.

 
Build Site


Filled Footings
03/12/2005
The footings that we poured last fall had been filled in with a couple of inches of dirt runoff from all of the rainfall.
They needed to be dug back out, down to the cement footings before we could continue pouring the piers.

 
Piers Filled In

Re-digging
03/12/2005
Randy dug out what he could, using the shovel. Some spots were too tight to get the shovel in at a good angle to remove the loose dirt.

 
Re-digging Pier Holes

Re-digging
03/12/2005
Tara followed behind with a square scoop to remove the remainder of the dirt, down to the cement footings.

 
Tara Re-digging Piers

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