Fixing The Foundation

 

Clay dirt dug out from under the oldest part of this farmhouse, has been re-sifted and used to fill in around the old foundation stone wall which will make it less permeable. All ivy vines were pulled and the fill dirt stamped and leveled or pitched to drain. The old stone porch foundation had to be dug out and removed as it trapped water and was disintegrating wooden structures connected to it.

Christian has also cleared the nearby downspout drainage pipe of a 15 ft. twined mass of roots leading out to the road, barely discovered by running a water hose through it. The entire clog was pulled out by hand and he is now trying to restore the old well pump housed by a lovely round stone well reservoir underground and next to it. The connecting pipe shows this well to be the original water source to the house when built.