After a five-week wait we finally reached the top of the list and got our driveway work underway.
Workers laying the Belgian blocks. I missed taking pictures of them tearing up the old driveway. Unfortunately as they were tearing it up they discovered a slab of concrete under part of the drive, which of course is going to raise the cost of the job (concrete is much harder to dispose of up here then just asphalt). When they told me about the "surprise" they were very apologetic (there was no way they could have foreseen that being under there). I just had to shrug my shoulders because when you live in a 100-year-old house you find all sorts of things that confuse you like that.
Here they have most of the Belgian blocks laid in the trenches. There was no mortar in between them at the time. After this was completed we had a Sunday and a day of rain, so work came to a standstill.
Today (Tuesday) the workers made it back to mortar between the blocks and level out the driveway. So this is what I came home to after an afternoon at the pool (the tire tracks are from my car).
Same scenario as above, just showing the spot directly in front of the garage. Nice and level!
So with our 82 degree day and sunny blue sky, after a quick visit to the pool with the kids I was able to relax on our deck with a glass of wine and the latest Better Homes & Gardens I picked up at the store today. These are my lovely potted plants on the corner of the deck (I didn't notice the basketball in the pic until I was looking at them on my computer this evening).
And the pretty girl reading next to me. It was a perfect way to end the day.
Workers laying the Belgian blocks. I missed taking pictures of them tearing up the old driveway. Unfortunately as they were tearing it up they discovered a slab of concrete under part of the drive, which of course is going to raise the cost of the job (concrete is much harder to dispose of up here then just asphalt). When they told me about the "surprise" they were very apologetic (there was no way they could have foreseen that being under there). I just had to shrug my shoulders because when you live in a 100-year-old house you find all sorts of things that confuse you like that.
Here they have most of the Belgian blocks laid in the trenches. There was no mortar in between them at the time. After this was completed we had a Sunday and a day of rain, so work came to a standstill.
Today (Tuesday) the workers made it back to mortar between the blocks and level out the driveway. So this is what I came home to after an afternoon at the pool (the tire tracks are from my car).
Same scenario as above, just showing the spot directly in front of the garage. Nice and level!
So with our 82 degree day and sunny blue sky, after a quick visit to the pool with the kids I was able to relax on our deck with a glass of wine and the latest Better Homes & Gardens I picked up at the store today. These are my lovely potted plants on the corner of the deck (I didn't notice the basketball in the pic until I was looking at them on my computer this evening).
And the pretty girl reading next to me. It was a perfect way to end the day.
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