How Firm a Foundation

So we've had some serious issues with cracks in the walls, doors that stick, baseboards and columns that separate from the wall, etc. so we had our foundation checked out.  The previous owners had several steel piers put in on the outside of the house, but as it turns out, the middle of the foundation wasn't holding up and needed extra support.  So, we put 5 more steel piers in the middle of our house, and hopefully that will take care of everything.  It kind of made me crazy to pack everything up, cover everything up with tarp, and deal with a mess for a few weeks -- especially with a baby on the way.  I wish we would have snapped a few pictures of the workers waist deep in the floor and mounds of dirt piled up everywhere.  I left for most of the day, which was better since I had a hard time seeing them hack at our beautiful wood floors!  Here are the patches we had for a few weeks.  It was quite the challenge to cook while 9 months pregnant with that big patch in the tile, but we made it work.

 And here's the guy fixing our floors - bless his heart.  He did an awesome job making it blend in with the rest.

 

 And here's my dear husband cleaning our floors after the fiasco - on his hands and knees.  I sat idly by, eating some blue bell.  What a man.  He's so fast, he's blurry.

Although we had a sewage leak afterward because of the shift in the foundation, it turns out it will only require a big hole in the garage, not in the wood again.  Whew!  We're just grateful it was all finished before baby Grayson made his debut.