20 July 2016

James Ploof, Burt Wedge, and Tyler Truman arrived first thing and spent the morning repairing the patio base erosion problems.  They also dug out the 3′ x 12′ area in which Kevin will be building the outdoor fireplace and wood storage structure.  In the afternoon, the Ploof Excavating team started grading off the backyard, which we want to be absolutely smooth and level.  Using their fancy laser-leveling system, we determined that another course of rocks would have to be added to the monster lake-side retaining wall so that the yard could be made flat at the same elevation as the tops of the septic tanks’ manhole covers.  Fortunately, rocks of the right size just happened to be lying around…  At its peak, that wall now is 16 feet high!