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                                   Building Our House in the Caribbean

                                                                                          Step 7 - Preparing to Construct the Foundation


                             We had to survey again.  Chip got a 1960's transit that is in perfect condition!  Every engineer needs one....
                                                          especially when you're the general contractor on a multi-level house!  
     Chip's New Toy


                        Then we needed to backfill the area behind gray water cistern and pumproom since this area will be less accessible as the house goes up.


                                                         backfill begins      backfilled septic 
                     
                          While we were waiting for concrete, we got a load of fill and the builder's team sifted it and backfilled the septic tank.

                                                         not what we ordered              two piles

                           While we were waiting for concrete again, we got another two loads--but note the difference between the piles--the truck delivered
                           regular fill (on the right), which had lots and lots of rocks and junk we had to remove (BY HAND).  None of us want to do that again!
                           But, the supplier is going to make it right and send us another load of the good stuff.

                                                        getting filled      fill compacted

                                                                      Joseph preps the fill and compacts it with a rented Jumping Jack


                         Clada pretends to help              Clada helps out...while Joseph is off site...


            After we get the septic tank partially buried so we can use it for water while we're building,
                                                                          Joseph and his team add a couple of rows of block so we can continute burying the tank

                                                                                             Cistern Block


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