The trench.
The pipe headed out under the sidewalk.At least this part is cast iron..
This was the drain pipe system for the whole house. All cast iron except the part I had replaced with ABS.
Drain pipe remnants after removal.
Most of the main line from the house to the side walk was "orangeberg" pipe. This is basically tar paper wrapped around a steel rod to make it into pipe. In the 30s and 40s it was the new thing to use instead of cast. Well as you can see it does not hold up very well. Mush of our line had holes or was collapsed. This would explain why we had drainage problems in the past.
The 4 inch cast iron drain. It was very "thin" wall when we removed it.
Looking through the foundation wall to where the drain pipe had broken. Don't know how long it was broken. Could have been years.
The new pipe connecting into the old cast iron. We found this clean-out right next to the sidewalk. we never knew it was there.
When they turned the old pantry into a bathroom and added the sewer line they removed some of the rock foundation. These are pictures of the "support" that they put in place to hold up the floor.
Bathroom support? No wonder the floor had a 3 inch drop in it.
Under the concrete base of the fireplace there was galvanized sheet metal. Not sure this was available in 1885?
The base under the front of the fireplace in the parlor.
This is what was under the tile in front of the fireplace in the North West bedroom, a concrete base.
The fireplace base came out in one piece
You can just see the chicken wire that they used to strengthen it.
After a 1:16 half marathon this morning I spent the rest of the day digging, preparing, and forming 52 feet of sidewalk. That's it for the day. See you tomorrow .Lara Roundy Eppley, and Dexter Eppley helped some also. A big thanks to Scoot Flannery for keeping me correct.
Once we poured the concrete for the front walk I added a stencil of our name into the concrete. I think it turned out OK.
Wow, like an archaeological dig. Glad so many things are fixed now.
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