A North Carolina House prompted my design

Our house lot had many, many rocks.

WODC trail crew practicing moving rocks	Rocks piled in front for future stone wall. Erratic in middle of future cellar.

Over 300 truck loads of gravel were dug from a gravel site on the property. Dick did that backhoe work, Bill Read trucked the gravel to the house site, and Dennis spread the gravel.

Jaws getting gravel for house site	Dennis at house site	The septic system

These photos show the construction of the foundation, plus the effects of adding more and more gravel to the site.

Forms for the house foundation	Styrofoam on house foundation for insulation	Garage foundation

Framing the rear of the house

Front of the house	Completing the rear of the house. Many of the retaining wall rocks were brought from the field via Jaws.

Interior framing - second floor		Kitchen with Chris's cabinets

CREATING THE FRONT STEPS

Dick put in a crushed stone which was covered with concrete.		Placing the first stone.

Jaws helped with a heavy rock.

Completed stairs and walk