You already know how one can wait years for one thing, by no means see any progress in the direction of it, after which when it lastly occurs, it seems like issues are shifting ahead at lightning velocity? Yeah, that’s how issues have felt round right here these final couple of weeks.
First, after planning and dreaming a couple of workshop for years and years, the second lastly got here and it was in-built a day (for essentially the most half). And now, we’ve determined to have our driveway poured after eleven years of not having one, and as soon as the ball began rolling, it appears to have gained velocity in a short time.
All the preliminary prep work is finished. That work consisted of eradicating an entire lot of junk timber that had grown up over the previous few years. (I do know calling hackberry timber “junk timber” generally is a bit controversial for some folks, however most individuals round right here name them junk or trash timber. However even when these timber had been oak or pecan or one thing very nice, they nonetheless would have needed to be minimize down, sadly. So I’m glad they have been hackberry. I don’t really feel as responsible chopping these down.)
So right here’s what it regarded like earlier than they received right here yesterday morning (though the 11-foot chain hyperlink gate had already been eliminated)…
And right here’s what it appears like now after they minimize all the timber down yesterday, despatched them by the wooden chipper, after which got here again early this morning and floor all the stumps down.
I can’t imagine how a lot better that appears already! It’s going to look so good with a concrete driveway!
I additionally had them do some trimming on the pecan tree in entrance to take away all the low branches that have been scraping the highest of my van each time I’d pull to the again.
Then there have been these two actually massive piles of limbs from the emergency limb elimination that needed to occur the morning the fellows arrived to construct my workshop. The image is a bit deceiving. I don’t suppose it captures simply how massive these piles actually have been.
So all of that received picked up and despatched by the wooden chipper.
In addition they did fairly a little bit of trimming and clear up behind the workshop. There’s nonetheless a lot that must be performed, however proper now, the driveway is the main focus. I simply wanted the piles left behind from the workshop, and something that shall be in the best way of the driveway to be eliminated.
As a humorous sidenote, I’ve to giggle that each one that’s been to our property within the current days (concrete man, tree trimming guys, the fellows who got here out to take away the fence and gate) have all remarked about how we’ve got an empty lot behind us. 😀 They’re all the time so shocked to seek out out that that’s a part of our lot. I’m telling you, it’s very uncommon to have such a giant lot inside the town. That’s one of many predominant causes I wished to purchase this home.
After which additionally they cleaned up all the massive piles of brush that I had piled up from the limbs I minimize down earlier than my workshop was constructed, and so they trimmed the timber again that have been hanging low over the place the driveway will prolong behind my workshop.
And one remaining factor. They removed the junk tree that retains rising on this space in entrance of the breakfast room. They minimize it down, after which floor the stump. So now I have to put one thing on it so that it’ll by no means come again. That factor grows like per week. After I trimmed it to do {the electrical} retailers on the facet of the studio, the factor had grown AGAIN to at the very least 20 ft excessive, if not greater. My mother has one at her again fence that grows a couple of foot per week, if not quicker. It’s insane!
So all the pieces is now all prepped and able to go. Fence and gate eliminated. Bushes eliminated. Stumps floor down properly under floor degree.
So what was the value for that prep work? $3,600.00. That looks as if a totally truthful value to me as a result of all of that was some arduous labor, and it could have taken me a month of stable work to get all of it performed had I attempted to do it myself. This manner, all of it received performed in two days, and now there’s no delay for the concrete man to start out his work.
Like I stated, this has been a strategy of gradual, gradual, gradual, gradual, gradual…..FAST! Hopefully we’ll see some driveway types start constructed on Monday! And I’ll undoubtedly be asking him beforehand a couple of French drain the place the workshop ramp meets the carport, as a few of you advised. I admire these ideas, as I by no means would have considered that myself.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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