So, the last time we talked about the garage reconstruction, it looked like this:
Garage Demolition
Since then, we cleaned up the last bits of the structure and crammed it all into the rented dumpster – barely.Â
The builder came out and checked the foundation and it’s not adequate for the new garage. So, that meant the lovely black walnut tree you can see apparently holding up the neighbor’s dilapidated garage was in danger. I spoke to an arborist and he said it would either not survive or would become unstable after they dug for the footings and therefore needed to come down.
I called and arranged for the tree removal, which I have to say was an unexpectedly easy experience. I called, the tree removal guy came to my house within a couple of hours and called me back with a bid. I told him I had made another call and wanted to give them a chance to call back. The other guy didn’t call back the next day so I called the first guy back and asked them to schedule the removal. He said it would be Thursday. Fine.  They called Monday around 2 PM and said they would start taking it down within the hour. By the time I came home Monday evening, the tree was gone. A week later the second guy called back. Um, you’re a tad late Mister.
I took all the plans and paperwork on to City Hall and got our building permit. Woo hoo! We’re official!
We then needed to get the stump ground so it wasn’t in the way of the new garage. We also had a couple of other stumps to be ground, or we would have had them do it the same day. Once we were ready for all the stumps to be done, I called the tree guy on Monday. He said it would probably be Tuesday. Fine. They knocked on my door two hours later and were there to grind the stumps. Is there such a thing as being too prompt in the service industry?
So, next step is the builder will construct the treated lumber footings and come the same day with the excavator and remove the old slab and dig the trenches for the footings and the drain.
Cross your fingers! We’re off to the races now!
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