Back from vacation with a week in review!

My family spent the past week at the beach (Long Beach Island).  We had a great time, and while we were enjoying our vacation, John was on a a church retreat, and the mason was on vacation.  But work at our house resumed......with more basement/foundation stuff!

More building blocks and waterproofing the basement walls.    Basically from what I can gather the waterproofing they did while we were gone, consisted of some black tar spread over the outside of the walls.  
Here is what it looks like...

And since Monday....they have gotten the rest of the blocks done, the cement spread over the entire outside wall and the waterproofing!  All for an inspection (#2) tomorrow!  Keep those fingers crossed!!!!  John also worked on constructing the footing for the the existing house.

Once inspection happens, they will do the backfill (pouring dirt behind the walls), and fill the final footing which will go next to the existing house (remember back to those bad surprises) and prepare for the steel beam to be laid by my Dad's company ISE and done by my brother! 

~Gianna~