So, this is the tree that was the problem:
It was hanging over the house, it was starting to rot out. So it had to go.
And down it came! It was a tricky removal considering it was leaning over the house. We brought in our friend James who does this for a living. He climbed up about half way up the tree, tied a huge rope around it, and then used this pully system around another tree. From there, we tied the rope to not one, but two trucks to pull it away from the house. As you can see, it all went down perfectly!
Next we set up forms to pour the concrete.
Sadly I didn't get any pictures of just the concrete after it was poured but it is 576 new square feet.
The guys started ripping out the roof and the wall that is coming out.
The inside of the house is a bit exposed at the moment, lol. Thankfully there are 3 sections of the house: the kitchen/living room area (which is the area that is exposed), the west wing with the master bedroom, my office, and the guest bedroom, and the east wing with the kids bedrooms. There are doors to both wings so we can close everything off very nicely.
They didn't get very far tonight with the framing before it started getting dark, but I can't wait to see it all tomorrow night!
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