The Septic System is Dug!

We have gotten a lot done over the last several days.

I have finished gutting one side of the building. I removed the center wall, two closets, paneling, sheetrock (on the ceiling), and all insulation. I also removed all the nails on the outside walls and almost all the nails in the ceiling joists. Then I took all the usable 2x4 wood, and removed all the nails from them. I also removed the siding where we are putting the addition.

Russ rented a backhoe this weekend. And what a weekend it was! On Wednesday, he started a second story deck with a roof underneath . He and his crew were supposed to be done on Friday. But leave it to the lumber company to make sure THAT didn't happen. The first lumber they needed, the 6x6s, didn't arrive on the truck Wednesday morning. Then didn't arrive until around 5 pm. Russ was "fit to be tied." He thought he had a few hours left on Saturday. It ended up taking until 4 pm. Meanwhile, the backhoe sat here with no one to run it.

When Russ arrived from the jobsite on Saturday, he took the backhoe to the back and dug holes He got the hole dug for the 1000 gallon tank and started digging the lateral trenches for the leach field. Russ was concerned that he wouldn't get it all done before Monday when they are scheduled to pick it up.

Sunday, I took his dad's tractor back there and started moving the dirt that Russ was digging out. It was a LONG day. But we finished. I feel like someone has beat me up. Bouncing around all day on that tractor is hard on the body. We finished up around 7 pm. Russ put 10 hours on the backhoe.

The sand and gravel are due to arrive on Tuesday. And the septic tank is schedule for Wednesday. But Russ is going to have to call and push that back to Thursday or Friday.