Showing posts with label foundation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foundation. Show all posts
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Friday update -- June 20th 2008
Mr. Wood told me that he puts these white sheets of a foam like board on the basement so that when the dirt gets pushed against it, it will not affect the foundation.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
June 18th -- Kiggins House update
Reading over my recent posts, I see that they laid the foundation yesterday , not removed the steel beams as I was told. . . It was exciting anyway so that is no big deal that it didn't happen. I did get to watch the foundation being poured with that extraordinary tool.
I decided to go down this afternoon and investigate anything new and was met with visibly seeing the cement walls of the foundation! I missed them taking it off but here is the evidence: a big stack of boards!
Today, they were painting a black substance on the foundation walls outside. Since I am not familiar with what it is actually called, my readers will just have to use their imaginations when you see the photos. (I found out it is a sealer so wter doesn't get into the basement.)
I also noticed a little opening in the roof but have no explanation for it. . .
I wonder how long it will be before they remove those steel beams?. I hope I don't miss i!
I decided to go down this afternoon and investigate anything new and was met with visibly seeing the cement walls of the foundation! I missed them taking it off but here is the evidence: a big stack of boards!
Today, they were painting a black substance on the foundation walls outside. Since I am not familiar with what it is actually called, my readers will just have to use their imaginations when you see the photos. (I found out it is a sealer so wter doesn't get into the basement.)
I also noticed a little opening in the roof but have no explanation for it. . .
I wonder how long it will be before they remove those steel beams?. I hope I don't miss i!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Foundation Building at Kiggins House Today
Mr. Wood told me on Monday that they would be working on the foundation cement today at 10:00 AM so I headed over there shortly after 9:30 and arrived to see the men still working on final touches of the boards that will form the cement walls for the basement.
By time as I walked around the house, the special truck with its "arm" arrived and I watched it unfurl. I had never seen anything like that in my lifetime.
When the cement mixer brought the wet cement, it was transferred to this contraption.
The first truck with the moveable arm got into place manipulated by a computer I bet. . .
A man held it like a hose pouring out wet cement. He has to be very agile, the way he was jumping from one place to another. It was kinda neat how they stopped the flow of wet cement with this white band holding the "hose" in a bent up position so nothing could run through it until he could get in position again. I watched him go around two sides of the Kiggins house, filling the wooden forms with cement and watching the arm from that special vehicle reach over the roof and down the edges. I was fascinated!
Then, Mrs Wood came over and started talking to me about the re-model and she invited me to see her present home which her husband had also remodeled. (I have now had the pleasure of meeting both Mr. and Mrs. Wood!)
I thought I had died and gone to heaven again! She was a most gracious tour guide, explaining which parts of the house were original and what they added and how they furnished it. It is a beautiful place and I can't believe they are going to sell it but I guess maybe I would too if I could also live in the former Kiggins historical home!
She also showed me photos of other restorations her husband had accomplished and I remembered where only one was located. I decided to go over to 20th and I street and have a look. If that was the correct place, I found a smaller home that looked beautiful from the outside. I am going to put its photo here also. If I have the wrong house, I will correct it.
I am going to have to write down the rest of the places Mr. Wood has remodeled and go on a special walk to see them all!
By time as I walked around the house, the special truck with its "arm" arrived and I watched it unfurl. I had never seen anything like that in my lifetime.
When the cement mixer brought the wet cement, it was transferred to this contraption.
The first truck with the moveable arm got into place manipulated by a computer I bet. . .
A man held it like a hose pouring out wet cement. He has to be very agile, the way he was jumping from one place to another. It was kinda neat how they stopped the flow of wet cement with this white band holding the "hose" in a bent up position so nothing could run through it until he could get in position again. I watched him go around two sides of the Kiggins house, filling the wooden forms with cement and watching the arm from that special vehicle reach over the roof and down the edges. I was fascinated!
Then, Mrs Wood came over and started talking to me about the re-model and she invited me to see her present home which her husband had also remodeled. (I have now had the pleasure of meeting both Mr. and Mrs. Wood!)
I thought I had died and gone to heaven again! She was a most gracious tour guide, explaining which parts of the house were original and what they added and how they furnished it. It is a beautiful place and I can't believe they are going to sell it but I guess maybe I would too if I could also live in the former Kiggins historical home!
She also showed me photos of other restorations her husband had accomplished and I remembered where only one was located. I decided to go over to 20th and I street and have a look. If that was the correct place, I found a smaller home that looked beautiful from the outside. I am going to put its photo here also. If I have the wrong house, I will correct it.
I am going to have to write down the rest of the places Mr. Wood has remodeled and go on a special walk to see them all!
Friday, June 13, 2008
June 13th update of Kiggins Move/Remodel
Today, I have caught up on getting all the photos I had online moved to this blog. Oh yes, I have an update. . . but today was the first sunny day we have enjoyed all month and I didn't do so well avoiding sunspots on some of my photos. I have decided to post them anyway. I will just try to remember not to go when the sun is directly overhead next time.
I was very excited today to see different things happening at the Kiggins house/Bruce and Judy Wood's new home. The foundation is really progressing; the boards are quite high so maybe the house is going to have a full basement? For some reason, they cut two of the boards that had been covering windows and were working inside the house. Maybe it has something to do with the basement and connecting wires or something. Maybe they had to fix the problems cause by the thieves just before the big move. . . I have no idea.
I hope to go back tomorrow to learn more with my photos. Today, I happened to be nearby at Arnada Park because I was walking the Heritage Tree (Bike) Route I had gotten from Parks and Recreation Department on the WWW. I couldn't just walk past the house without a few more photos!
I will try to get more photos when the sun isn't directly overhead. That will be easy since it stays light so late now that summer is fast approaching. . .
From Arnada Park. . .
I was very excited today to see different things happening at the Kiggins house/Bruce and Judy Wood's new home. The foundation is really progressing; the boards are quite high so maybe the house is going to have a full basement? For some reason, they cut two of the boards that had been covering windows and were working inside the house. Maybe it has something to do with the basement and connecting wires or something. Maybe they had to fix the problems cause by the thieves just before the big move. . . I have no idea.
I hope to go back tomorrow to learn more with my photos. Today, I happened to be nearby at Arnada Park because I was walking the Heritage Tree (Bike) Route I had gotten from Parks and Recreation Department on the WWW. I couldn't just walk past the house without a few more photos!
I will try to get more photos when the sun isn't directly overhead. That will be easy since it stays light so late now that summer is fast approaching. . .
Kiggins update -- June 11th
For lack of the proper name, the steel rods for the foundation are already placed!
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