Day 6 -- Hot Rails to Hell

Not only is that a song by Blue Oyster Cult....it's also exactly what happened today!

First off,  it was 100 degrees and HOT, HOT, HOT! 

Second, the concrete had settled all weekend and with jack-hammer in hand they started to break the top apart...only problem was some parts weren't coming apart very easily.   They did as much as they could when lo and behold they found the problem.....RAILROAD TRACKS!

 










Yup....just when the story/saga couldn't get any better..they found railroad tracks holding the concrete in place as a support to keep the top stronger!  So now what?  You can't break thru with a jack-hammer, a saw isn't going to cut thru them, but a torch (those tools steel workers use to cut thru steel) will....DING...DING...DING!!!!!   So on the phone I got with my Dad...he called my brother, Sandy who offered to come over and help.   And within 30 minutes the 1000 degree torch was fired up and Sandy was firing at the tracks!
 

After about 45 minutes and 4 tracks.....he was dripping in sweat (poor thing) but the tracks were gone..and construction could resume!  The excavator headed back....filled the rest of the hole, removed the walls from the septic hole and dug the rest of the basement!  Progress was being made!    After a long, interesting, HOT day.........it was over!

Hoping for a cooler..non eventful day tomorrow!



~Gianna~