While digging out for this hole, we discovered the old clay drain tile underground. This system is no longer working since we filled in the big cistern in the back of the house where I am sure all of the rain water used to run. But it was a neat find anyway.
Ben's job for this fill in is to scrape the old mortar off the old bricks. We are reusing what is here whenever possible, even when we are making changes to the old place. These bricks are from the chimmney that had to come down on the north side of the house.
Seth also took some lessons from Pepere this summer and had a hand at laying this brick wall. We are leaving the third hole under the house for an access and will add a door to this one.
Here is what they got done on Sunday afternoon. It still needs to be taller, but will stop the rain from flowing in so we can dry out under the house and get it ready for duct work and insulation.
While digging out for this hole, we discovered the old clay drain tile underground. This system is no longer working since we filled in the big cistern in the back of the house where I am sure all of the rain water used to run. But it was a neat find anyway.
Ben's job for this fill in is to scrape the old mortar off the old bricks. We are reusing what is here whenever possible, even when we are making changes to the old place. These bricks are from the chimmney that had to come down on the north side of the house.
Seth also took some lessons from Pepere this summer and had a hand at laying this brick wall. We are leaving the third hole under the house for an access and will add a door to this one.
Here is what they got done on Sunday afternoon. It still needs to be taller, but will stop the rain from flowing in so we can dry out under the house and get it ready for duct work and insulation.
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