Footers

Excavation continues... Some more hammer hoe time this past week to dig the trenches around the perimeter of the house for the footers. Eddie sure is working hard with the back hoes. He had both running and was jumping from one to the other to hammer with one and then use the bucket on the other to dig out the rock he hammered. Berto and Ricardo kept an eye on the depth of the trenches and got out the shovels and picks to clean out the trenches in preparation for re-bar and concrete pouring.

Hammer hoe hard at work on the rock again!

Ready to mark out the footers around the perimeter of the hole.

A few more loads of rock were hauled off and some more to go...

Hard at work on the footers and remaining excavation.

The outline of the crawlspace section in the back of the jack and jill side of the house is visible with the trench for the footer there.