The basement has been dug!! We went out after work and saw that Fuller Heits has changed again. I cannot believe how much soil (NOT dirt!) was taken out of the excavation.
The soils consist of 2 types of glacial till. A medium to moderately fine textured till with quite a number of cobbles overlying a moderately fine to fine textured till at about 3 foot depth. The underlying till has fragments of coal and relatively low coarse fragment content. Should be a good material for supporting a house. However there was a pocket of fine sand at the front of the basement. The surficial soils were gleyed Gray Luvisols. Very typical of this mixed wood boreal forest on glacial till. The basement was dug in a slight depression; hence the gleying.
Here are a few pictures.
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| Sandy standing in her new basement. |
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| That is not where the stairs are supposed to go!! |
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| A Gleyed Gray Luvisol on Glacial Till. What a beautiful work of art!! |
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| Piles of soil everywhere!! The orange tarps are to keep the underlying materials from freezing where the footing will be poured tomorrow. |
I can't believe how big this hole in the ground is. I have to remember that it includes three extra feet around the footings to allow for weeping tile and backfilling. We shall see if the footings are poured tomorrow.
This is quite an experience for me. First time ever designing and building a house. This is Sandy's FIFTH house that she has built. She has never lived in a house that she has not built, except as a child. The Heit's seem to be recreational house builders. They sure love a house build. I can see why.
Take care,
Les and Sandy
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