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Foundation work almost complete!

Went over to the Bedford road construction site this morning and the foundation work is almost complete.  The major concrete action is done and I believe we are waiting for inspection.  Paul Hebert (my general contractor) and I finished (I hope) the paperwork at Salem Five Bank for my construction loan.  I think things will ...

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Blasting movie, site work and getting ready for the house foundation

In this prior post, you can see the site work prep for blasting of the rock ledge in order to prep it for the coming foundation – a rounded dome of hard rock with a 140 holes drilled into it for explosives Here is a video, shot by my EXCELLENT General Contractor – Paul Hebert ...

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Happy Memorial day and photos of blasting prep

Beautiful day here in Carlisle today – cool (60’s) and windy.  Did some mowing, some roof rack prep on the cars, bought a dump sticker for my car, got gas for the tractor and dropped by Bedford Road to see the prep work for blasting They were drilling holes last week and ended up with ...

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Marking out the house foundation and rock – LOTS of rock!

The prep stage for any project always seems longest – but it is where a project is made or broken.  This past week or so the foundation was marked out at my house site and then the last of the topsoil was removed – bringing forth a dome of rock ledge right below the surface ...