I install a window well around the surprise basement window we discovered.
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Amáda continues to haul loads of dirt and raise the grade beneath the new deck footprint.
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I added a cover to the new window well.
Later, I used expanding foam and concrete patching to repair the damaged insulation around the foundation. I also replaced some old cedar siding on the dining room addition that was inappropriately fashioned around the old deck stairs. This was stained to match the existing siding.
I stucco the exposed foundation insulation to match the work done previously on the western side of the addition.
I also authored a petition for a Point of Sale inspections program in Columbia Heights, MN.
I add the last of the gravel to the project area, covering the landscape fabric over our new fill soil. With this final step, the improper grade is now corrected, diverting rain water AWAY from the foundation. ($2,539.10)
We can now begin re-building the deck.