Progress on the Laura Annex

In order to make room for the next li'l Gillespie, we are putting an addition onto our house. It will be a dining room and 4 season porch off our kitchen area. We will have a basement dug under it to give us more storage space for Laura's toys.

The first 'oops'. The cement guys didn't think knocking out the wall would be a problem. It's not a problem unless you want to keep the fill under your kitchen.


"Man, that sand kept coming and coming"


Here are the new footings.


Here is the effort to rainproof the temporary wall in the kitchen. Yes, that is duct tape. No, it didn't work well.