Because this is not what you want to see right outside your front door....
Ok, so that was after a brief and very intense torrential downpour. But it was still very much not cool. So we got into patio prep mode. First I did some basic excavation and auger'ed the roof support post holes.
Then our concrete guy Joe got to work pouring piers, making forms and installing some rebar. Solid stuff.
Soon we had nicely poured concrete with a grippy broom-finish surface. Then Greg could get the final posts in and wrapped. Nice.
Ron and I shared burritos and beers on the south patio after an afternoon of hard work, and it was glorious. No bugs yet!
Joe added some cuts to control any possible cracking on this section.
Meanwhile on the backside of the house, I got the majority of the foundation back-filling completed!
A panoramic photo, for good measure.
Back out front, some recent rains and a poor drainage situation were already trying to subvert the entry patio slab. Not on my watch! We shouldn't actually need this trench once the roof has a gutter and we get the retaining wall built, but it'll do for now.
But then I realized that I just made a muddy trench and dirt pad right in front of the house, right before inspection and move-in traffic. Grabbed a couple spare pallets and some scraps of sheathing, and got this rudimentary boardwalk slapped together.
Clean shoes only from now on, please! Wipe your feet. No, seriously. dust sucks.
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