Category: REI Building Project

Very Deep Trenches

Because of the clay soil, the contractor had to dig 6-feet deep trenches and pump in “thin” concrete that will seep down into the soil and stabilize the foundation for the new addition.

Digging for New Footings

This is excavation week at Beacon. It turns out Beacon’s backyard is composed of layers of sand and clay, that will require deeper excavation and a treatment of the holes with a “slurry” of concrete to stabilize the new foundations.