Working on a Saturday

Wow, today was a busy day and it was Saturday! I had two crews out at the house. The plumber was out to move a gas line (due to some changes in the kitchen we decided recently to make) and to remove a pipe venting water under the house. The general contractor was out with his crew working on concrete demolition. He also had a guy grinding away stucco around the windows. It was very noisy! I had a lot of supervision to do as they were both working on different things.

They managed to get a lot of the concrete out, and the new gas line is in and tested. In order to pass inspection, it has to be pumped full of air and hold 15 pounds of pressure for 15 minutes. The plumbers tested it and found a slow leak. After checking all the connections, they found out it was the gage that was leaking!

The mystery pipe that was venting water under the house is also fixed. It's a 4" plastic pipe that I suspect was meant to be a sewer pipe for the rental unit they planned on building on the slab we are trying to remove. The plumbers dug out some of the pipe and cut it off, then sealed the hole in the foundation where the pipe entered the house.

Here is a shot of the bobcat breaking into the concrete. Note that by pushing down on the scoop, the whole body is lifted up.



This is an "action" shot I'm very proud of. The end of the bobcat is coming out of the concrete and breaking it on the way out. The dust and debris flying is from the concrete breaking.



The yard is pretty turfed up from the bobcat driving over it. We don't even have our green carpet of weeds anymore. But the concrete is definitely dwindling!