He first dug an area off the footers where he will put the footer drain - just in case any water ever builds up in the footers, it can just drain off into the woods.
Then he went back to digging the footers. He got to the end of the first side and turned the corner to start part of the front. The first pour will be just half of the front, the side and the back. Since we will need to be able to get a concrete truck in the back, so we can't have an open trench all the way across the front.
Once that was done, he moved to the back wall. The footprint here isn't just straight so there were a few more angles to cut - which always means more hand digging too.
Here's Jim in the trenches...
While Jim was working on the footers, I dug out the area where the excavator couldn't reach on the footer drain. I finally got it done and after we made sure it was going downhill, we laid the footer drain pipe.
Then we covered all except the ends with sand and dirt.
This area of the footprint will have a buttress wall for support, so another corner to turn and dig.
This is where he stopped for the night. The buttress wall area is done - the dirt in between he'll reach as he repositions to start the back wall.
This is the view from the top of the hole looking down over our footers!
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