Can you dig it, part 2

June 27 -- whoa there is one big giant hole in what used to be my backyard.

This shot gives a great view of the scary BRICK foundation that my 110-year-old house sits on. This is the door to the basement and the fence in the upper left-hand corner gives a sense of how far down into the ground the brick foundation goes.

Here is another shot that shows the basement relative to the back of the house and how big this hole that used to be my back yard is.  Today a new sewer line was established to accommodate the additional bathrooms for this project.

These two shots provide a bit more perspective to show where the new staircase to the basement will be located. 

 


And all of this was done with the help of these Bobcats....

I would be a big fat liar if I said that the site of this giant hole did not freak me out.  After sending an e-mail to both the contractor and architect with the subject line "a little freaked out" the architect sent an e-mail to remind and reassure me that the hole is bigger than where the actual footprint of the addition will be ...whew.  

I will now return to uber zen mode!

Most of the excavation and sewer line work should be done by tomorrow.