cutting the patio
dig the trench
excavator
rascal the dog
papa movin' dirt
tools
new materials
the old cement pipes
they were big
any wonder our pipes were backing up? look at all those roots!
new pipes + clean out
old patio
filling the hole back up
all filled inThey started work around 10 this morning and were driving off by 5! Everyone really worked hard, and really offered up their best effort. I am so relieved to have an end to this 2-year-old problem! There's still a lot of clean-up to tackle, and after everything settles in a few weeks we'll be able to pour the new cement and use our stairs again.
W-O-W! What a project! You are so lucky to have family who knows how to fix it all up. Crazy how those roots caused all those hours/days of back up problems. Hopefully, it'll be "smooth moves" from now on :)
ReplyDeleteoh, and tim just commented, "holy crap!" (thought it was appropriate :)
ReplyDeleteLucky Dave, huh? leaves with backed up pipes and comes home to clean and clear pipes.
ReplyDeletehallelujah!
ReplyDeleteWOW! that is a HUGE job! and those are some serious roots jeesh!!!!
ReplyDeletehere's to clear pipes! yay!