Projects - Before & After

We've been doing some much needed projects over the past few weeks and some have asked for photos, so here goes! The first two are of the old wooden fence that separates us from our neighbors directly behind our house.

These next three photos are of the new block wall that is in place of that old wooden fence. We went in halves for the cost of the wall and the neighbor had it built. He built it on the actual property line, giving us a couple of more feet on that level.

The next two photos are of our terribly broken down garage floor. The alkali in the soil pretty-much destroyed it.

This shows the garage area after the old cement was removed, the plastic membrane laid down and a shallow covering of sand placed on top of it.

These two show the beautiful new floor. So nice and clean. Doug hasn't moved his stuff back in yet; wants to give it plenty of time to cure.

This last photo is of the trench that's been dug to accommodate a retaining wall. We've had it half way all these years and now we'll get it completed. Doug hired a young man from his seminary class to do most of this digging and also tearing down of the old wood fence. It was much faster than if Doug had done it. Once that retaining wall is completed, then we'll get the yard back to normal, plant some more grass where all that dirt is piled now and then we'll landscape the level in front of the wall. Still lots more work, but it's coming along!