Hotbed of Activity

When I left home this morning, there was a tractor (for grading) parked in front of my house as well as a truck with a trailer full of sprinkler system stuff. So just to make sure everything was going well, I stopped by at lunchtime today.

Whoa.

The rock wall is aaaaaalmost finished. I talked with the rock wall guy about raising it a little bit in a couple of places and he said that when he gets back from lunch, he'll measure the square footage (the bid was for 875 square feet) and see if he is still within the limit and he'll raise it like I want it. Otherwise, he'll call the landscaper and have him tell me how much more it will cost to add that little bit of height. Cool beans!

There's a large man with lots of power tools putting in the steps that will give us better access to the top of the rock wall. He already had about six or seven steps done. The steps are wood framed and will be filled with gravel, and then some decorative rock (gravel to match the wall, flagstones, or maybe pavers) on top. Very cool!

And when I drove off to get back to work, there was a man standing in a hole up to his armpits in the front yard. He's installing the stop & waste (the main connection to the culinary water system) for the sprinkler system. My landscaper called me earlier from the sprinkler supply place because he remembered part of my address, but forgot the rest and didn't have my paperwork in his truck. He wanted to make sure the parts for my sprinkler system got delivered to the right place.

This is all happening INCREDIBLY fast! I'd probably better make sure to leave the next couple of Saturdays open, becuase they'll be delivering sod soon!