Plan C

Did I mention that we dropped Plan B and moved on to Plan C in dealing with our rocky roadblock? We were going to rent a pricey chipper in an attempt to defeat the bedrock. The chipper ended up being unavailable for quite awhile and we heard a fair amount of "That will never work!" So we finally gave in and accepted that up here in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield, bedrock almost always wins. And it certainly wins against lowly people like us without access to large quantities of dynamite.
So Plan C was formed. The basement addition will be approximately 16 inches higher than the rest of the house. So we will step up from the old part into the new living area. Not my ideal, but it will add interest. We will build our house on the rock.
Here is the footer.
Evan asked Marvin for his trowel. Instead, Marvin helped him find another one and showed him how to smooth the concrete.



And here comes the basement floor on Saturday afternoon! Thanks to the muscles and brains that helped pull this off successfully!


By Monday afternoon, Eli and Evan were able to play in their basement. Here they pose in front of our basement window with a view.