Gravel

Gravel is a major project on our houses. When the ruff plumbing is done inside of the footings then we have to level the dirt inside the footings, and then gravel is pored on top of that. The gravel has to then be leveled out. The gravel has to be four inches below the edge and not to much higher or lower, because then the cement is pored on top of that. So if the cement is to thin that effects the floor of the house and if it is too thick it costs a lot more to get that extra amount. So it has to be done pretty close. It is usually very hot when we have done this and it takes a lot of man hours. We also had to gravel the last three houses in one week. It turned out good but it sure is a lot of work.

The ruff plumbing is done, and the plumbers leave us big mounds of dirt to level off.

Our group hard at work.

The gravel leveled off and ready for the next step of more plumbing and the cement to soon to come.