I Dig...Dirt?

Hey there! We have dirt. Everywhere. But we have the footer dug. And the concrete has been poured! The blocks will be set tomorrow. But first, before any of that happened, we rented an excavator to remove the old concrete floor from the garage and also remove the driveway. The rental company dropped it off about 7:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning so we had it all weekend. My contractor decided it was best to go ahead and do the removal and excavation at the same time. It saved a lot of time and money not having to bring back the heavy equipment more than once.

 Let 'er rip, tater chip! From my end, the old floor seemed to come up fairly easy. We did decide to leave a small section of patio, instead of taking it all up, so that we wouldn't be walking directly into the mud out the back door. And when we add the deck in the spring, we can deck right over it.

It took about five hours to remove ALL the concrete. And that's including the time it took to unload the dumptruck when it was full. And this is what we had at the end of the day.

In this picture, you can see the section of patio we chose to keep. I'm so glad I made the executive decision on that! And here's the view coming down the street.

Better, no? There's going to be bit more yard to mow!

Annndd this might have something to do with the dirt all over the house. ;)