There is a side entrance of my house that is incomplete. Meaning, there is a door, but not much else besides a hole in the ground. This is what I inherited:
They dug down enough to put the door in, but left it at that. They also left a big pile of dirt, stone, and screening on the other side of the house for me to deal with. Since the city knew about the door, I had to go through the building permit process and get a permit and approval to finish the job.
Normally I wouldn’t have been able to keep the door because the houses are so close but because they are linked underground, the house is considered a semi-detached. So, all is well and good. (Unless you ask my neighbor, they hate the fact I am keeping the door. They wanted me to brick up the door.)
So I have just completed digging enough for the footings. Four feet down from the landing under the door. Eight days later and seven trips to the dump, I’m finally done this stage. Hopefully the inspector is fine with what I have done.
One thing I have learned so far; it is not easy trying to do this by yourself. Working with red clay is not fun. Next time, I’ll ask for help.
The digging is done and I am glad!
