Preparing For The New Foundation

Now that the house has been lifted, the workers are in the process of knocking down the existing brick foundation. This involves a lot of digging. The quality of dirt our house sits on can essentially be described as beach sand. It was because of this (and the poor quality of the mortar between the bricks) that resulted in our decision to undergo the expensive process of replacing the foundation with a concrete slab. Once all of the existing brick foundation has been dug out and removed, the contractor will build a perimeter form around the house into which a new concrete footing will be poured. Once that is done the contractor will begin work for the new slab. The house is expected to remain lifted for about 10 weeks.