The demolition crew finished the last part of their work for this portion of the project. We had a concrete demolition company come in to break up the slab under the old coach house. Here is a picture that gives you an idea of how thick the slab was:
They had a large bobcat with a air pressure jack hammer on it and an additional bulldozer to take away all the chunks of concrete. My son was very happy with all the ‘diggers’ that came to visit our house:
Here are a couple more pictures of the end result. You can see the open web steel joists supporting the flat roof. The plan is to pour a concrete footing along the length of the open wall and then reframe it as an external wall. In the second picture you can see the bathroom area that they jack hammered out while they were here. The bathroom will be roughed-in at the same time so we can pour a new floor when the footing is poured.
We had a first inspection with the city today. The inspector was very friendly and liked everything he saw today. He raised a couple small points relating to future parts of our project, but gave us the go-ahead to prepare to pour the footing. The footing has to have rebar in it that is drilled into the left-over foundation from the coach house. The inspector will return just prior to pouring, and then again before we backfill our new backyard ‘pit’ to examine frost-proofing that has to be in place around the footing.
More next week once our contractor has prepped the footing and had the plumbing roughed-in for the updated bathroom.
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteJust caught up with your blog. What a blast to read. It's been a while since your last post - looking forward to more updates! Keep it up.