Cleanup

Like I said in my previous post, we are trying to catch up with the photos and the process of what has happened since the fires a year ago.

We opted to have the lot cleaned up by a private company and have them leave the foundation in place. We were not sure if the foundation was still ok to build on or whether it would have to be removed. We hired an engineering firm to come out and drill a large set of "core samples" and perform a strength test in the lab. Luckily everything tested out perfectly - the damage to the foundation was cosmetic and some surface scratches that can be repaired pretty easily without compromising the strength of the slab.

The only structure that survived the fire was a little pool shed. It mostly had the pool pumps and pool equipment in it, but also a few moving boxes with some Christmas decorations, some old children's books and some other memorabilia. The fact that there were a few things that survived the fire, was so important to us.

Here are some photos after the cleanup: