The second floor addition requires a lot of foundation work. They have to tear out sections of the floor in order to dig out the holes for the new bigger concrete footings needed to carry the added load.

We are also digging out a “nook” in the crawl space so that the furnace can go under the house instead of taking up floor space in the small basement. (I like that, I’m going to call it my furnace nook from now on.) Unfortunately all of this dirt has to come out by hand. It’s hard work for these guys. They dug out an access portion in the side yard in order to avoid taking every bucket of dirt up the stairs.   (This is also where the gas line is–don’t worry, we had it shut down at the street by utilities before we started demo work.)