{"id":48862,"date":"2014-12-11T00:29:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T07:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/kitchen-project-day-34-tales-from-the-crypt.html"},"modified":"2014-12-11T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T00:04:41","slug":"kitchen-project-day-34-tales-from-the-crypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/kitchen-project-day-34-tales-from-the-crypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 34: Tales from the Crypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last day to see the full foundation (or to seal it from moisture), as Thursday\/Friday will be backfill days, filling the hole and the surrounding bits  with the dirt that&#39;s been left behind in the side yard and on the driveway. More progress!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103453067516847485667\" oid=\"103453067516847485667\">Kay Hill<\/a><\/span> did a little bit of exploring of the construction. I got out quick, though, when she started quoting from &quot;A Cask of Amontillado.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>After the backfill, we&#39;ll be sinking the last helical pier, by the house (where the existing foundation will be broken into to put in a door to the new basement), and then pouring the slab. They&#39;ll actually be doing some cutting into the house after that (where the door will go), so that they can line up the new basement slab with the old basement slab.<\/p>\n<p>Getting more excited &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368199463612434'><img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-30pUU-tmTzs\/VIjjGp0jsBI\/AAAAAAAC7Tw\/ilelQOzdjNY\/IMG_20141210_152846573_HDR.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368198237077234' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-L7RpkR853c4\/VIjjGlQIPvI\/AAAAAAAC7Ts\/vhmtiDZ4Hys\/IMG_20141210_153359428_HDR.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368197043756818' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-aNp0SqZ1-4c\/VIjjGgznnxI\/AAAAAAAC7Ts\/pN4LUqnxUis\/IMG_20141210_153215454_HDR.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368197412264498' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-be94FDxKNgw\/VIjjGiLemjI\/AAAAAAAC7Ts\/wH_3iSeST30\/IMG_20141210_153438634.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368201037410882' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-4KQHgOAVkNk\/VIjjGvrx8kI\/AAAAAAAC7Tw\/Nzn9dqDgBos\/IMG_20141210_153335399.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368200851219506' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Sdr7dfs9nkI\/VIjjGu_Y5DI\/AAAAAAAC7Tw\/HXpTDSHOgGU\/IMG_20141210_153558328.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849\/6091368200189548978' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-dgleqDvcgYM\/VIjjGshombI\/AAAAAAAC7Tw\/3_U4Ei5k1Bk\/IMG_20141210_153845426.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6091368199059982849'>In Album Hill-Kleerup Kitchen &#8211; 2014-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/23dgvnMffVp'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last day to see the full foundation (or to seal it from moisture), as Thursday\/Friday will be backfill days, filling the hole and the surrounding bits with the dirt that&#39;s been left behind in the side yard and on the driveway. More progress! +Kay Hill did a little bit of exploring of the construction. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/kitchen-project-day-34-tales-from-the-crypt.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 34: Tales from the Crypt&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,438],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-kitchen-remodel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141210_152846573_HDR.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48994,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/kitchen-project-day-41.html","url_meta":{"origin":48862,"position":0},"title":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 41","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Dec-14 12:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"So two main construction activities today.First, since they are going to break through the foundation of the existing house, at the basement level, into the new basement room, that side of the house needs additional support (the house not collapsing generally being considered a \"positive outcome\" for most construction projects).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141216_131202421_HDR.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48912,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/14\/kitchen-project-day-36-basement-cleaning-extreme.html","url_meta":{"origin":48862,"position":1},"title":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 36: Basement Cleaning EXTREME!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-Dec-14 7:25pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So the existing basement gets impacted by the project with a door being punched through the existing foundation (behind the wainscoting) into the new basement room, as well as ceiling activity related to plumbing and HVAC for the kitchen above.Since there will be a bit of initial demo in during\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141214_165140005.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141214_165140005.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141214_165140005.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49040,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/18\/kitchen-project-day-43-hull-breach.html","url_meta":{"origin":48862,"position":2},"title":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 43: Hull Breach!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Dec-14 5:25pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Today they carved through the foundation to put in the space where the door from the existing basement to the new basement room will go. 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