Before the foundaton can be inspected, the exterior walls need to be parged, asphalt coated and the foundation dain installed. The drain gravity flows through the foundation wall into a sump well.

Now that's a foundation! Compare the old and the new. The homeowner is lucky the old one was cracked, it wasn't worth building on.

It's show time! The footing is in and nine thousand pounds of block need to be placed.

A new footing and foundation guarantees the existing house falls down before the addition.

Can you dig it? We Can. Dan "The Man" DoCouto works a rented mini-excavator. He's such a smooth operator he can handle anyones equipment.

The foundation cracks are a no no. Can't build on this boy. The cracks in todays housing bubble and subprime credit market are also a concern. We fear a recession even though the talking heads say nay, construction is only 6% of GDP.

With the porch demolition compete we can examine the foundation.

The Barr residence before demolition of the back porch. Plans call for a two story addition to be built on the existing porch footing and foundation. We thank the Barr's for the work, which should take us into 2008.