The retaining walls in the basement are almost finished. We have spent the month of August (and it has been a beautiful month) in the basement working on the cement block walls.
The west retaining wall is completed, insulated, and back filled with sand. Martin has also built a cement block post to support the center beam.
The retaining wall on the north east side of the house is at its fullest height. Today, Martin finished insulating it.
To be able to dig out the sand below the center support wall, Martin had to use a come-along to tie the foundation (rock below it also) to the center beam about so it is temporarily supporting itself.
The southeast retaining wall is completed and insulated. The picture above only shows it half finished.
Martin is hoping to frame in the footer and pour the foundation tomorrow for the center section of the east wall. The south section of the east retaining wall is the depth of a cement block further into the basement because of how the wall was built on the south side of the house to accommodate the bulkhead stairs. Martin will have to finagle the walls to make them meet and to provide support for the center beam wall.
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