Stairs, Patio & Grading

The masons were here early today to put in the basement stairway walls, the foundation for the patio, and footings for the screened porch and garage. They quickly defined the wall position for the basement stairs and laid down courses of cinder block.

Along the way they linked in the patio foundation, which will support the stamped concrete patio. By early afternoon the walls were the proper height, and they were smoothing the walls out for a nice finished texture. Eventually the patio walls were complete as well.

While all the masonry work was occurring, our heavy equipment guy was delivering load after load of dirt to fill in around the house and in the garage. It’s amazing to me how light a touch he has dumping and positioning tons of dirt with the heavy equipment. In the end, the property is nicely graded and ready for the framing tomorrow.