Columns Going Up

 Yesterday work continued by the stone mason and his son.

They built up the stone columns at the entrance to our driveway and also began the wall along one side.  The remaining side won't have a wall at this time since we are waiting for a load of dirt to be brought onto our property as fill dirt which will decrease the incline of the backyard from the garden up to the house.

 Projects do take time...

it's hard to wait for it all to be done, but in the end we want to be happy with all of it.

 The conduit sticking out of the top of these columns is for the electrical which my husband will run through them and they will power a light at the top of each column.

And

an address plaque will be attached to this column which will have our house number and street name on it.

It was ordered a couple of months ago in anticipation of these structures being done sometime this summer.

The stone mason will be back on Monday to continue the work....

I am so excited about this project that I didn't want them to quit for the week-end,

but I guess we all need a little rest sometimes.

Stone Stuff

 We have been outdoors much of the week.

 The wonderful stone man has been here building our culvert covers, four of them.

 Yesterday they completed the culvert and started constructing the stone columns at the entrance to our driveway, and also a stone wall.

 As you can see, they have had help.

 I have photos on my camera of the columns and the final culvert.

Bear with me as I download them and show you that action.

A Brick Repair

 Things were hopping around here yesterday with our stone laying man here,

 This brick that supported and trimmed out the doorstep just out the basement door, had had winter rain and snow get behind and under it causing it to collapse and look horrible!

 A year and a half ago we had a roof built over this basement entrance, so the rain and snow will no long splash against this doorway/threshold and the water won't run down directly onto the bricks and damage things for us.

We love the looks of the repair and the supervisors sat right there watching all morning as Michael Blankenship tore everything out and rebuilt it.

It's so nice to have people who know what they are doing and make proper repairs.

The supervisors are happy.

 *see a before picture of damaged area below*

This next photo shows the small covered porch we had built.

Every entrance to a home should have a covered area to keep the weather away from the doorway, or water can lead to damage.

 We also have other stone work going on and I'll show you that in another post.