Front Porch and Driveway

Simultaneously, the front porch is being ripped off and reconstructed and the driveway is being ripped out and reconstructed.  What does that mean?  Mud!  Lots of it.

Yes, we still have a lovely construction trailer in our driveway!

Oh right, and we're also digging out the last original water pipe.  It's in the basement and connects to the  city water.  So, jack hammers down there means extra dirt and dust upstairs.  

The grey/black is the old pipe, the white is the new.

Well, well, well...

Literally, a well!

Two massive trucks showed up in the yard last week to drill a well for outside irrigation (watering the lawn and gardens and filling the ice rink...Yes, Joe is installing an ice rink).

These photos don't really capture the size of these trucks, but they were huge.  The green one is the actual drill and the red one carried the attachable parts that would allow the drill to go deeper.  I believe the guy said he went about 500 feet down. Loud and messy!

You can get a better sense of the size of this truck by noticing the man standing to the left.