Pouring the Stem Walls

Here's a photo of the Wall Company pouring the cement into the stem walls.  Again, it was a very efficient operation, using the cement pumper.

Stem Wall Forms

With the footers poured and cured for a few days, the Wall Company came back and erected the forms for the stem walls.  The walls were quite impressive, with some of the taller ones coming in at over 12 feet tall.  Eventually, they will be backfilled, but nonetheless, it was quite an impressive structure.

View of Rebar Inside the Stem Wall Forms

Rocks

We can start to see the area where the excavator dug out for the foundation footer stem walls, leaving a large pile of rocks.  Further to the right, we can see where they cut into the neighbor's driveway to make way for our retaining wall where out driveway will go.  The neighbor's driveway was actually on our lot by a few feet, so the workers cut some of their driveway.