Year 6, Day 14 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/14/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 9, Footer day 1. Our footers will be twelve inches deep and 24 inches wide. House footings are the lowest part of a foundation. They are extremely important and support the home’s entire weight. Before the machine starts digging lines. Lots of measuring is done and the ground marked where the edge of the footer will be. This is to ensure the footings are dug straight, square, and to the proper size of the home. The mini excavator does most of the digging. But after that this point there is a lot of manual clean up work in the footers. Then rebar is put in every four to five feet. This is done to mark the concrete level when pouring.
Currently my brain is very consumed with excavation, concrete, cement, and stone. Well ok there is a lot of trip planning, exercising, and too many other things to mention. Do you know our brain has over 6,000 thoughts a day. Lets get this story back on track. Today thinking about cement versus concrete. People just use those terms like they are interchangeable. They are not. Cement is the binding powder used within concrete. Concrete is the most widely used man-made product in the world according to the World Cement Association. It has been around thousands of years. Look at the Colosseum. Concrete also has a huge environmental impact. The manufacturing process emits carbon dioxide(CO2). That is just a little thought from the 6,000 thoughts in this brain today.
Day 9 home excavation video tour.
Daily reflection:
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