Extension foundations

Once the grading around the house was finished, and the draining ditch at the back finished and filled, we dug out this foundations and pour concrete into them. Their function was several: they will serve as retain for the wall of dirt under the road (to the left of the above pic), they will serve as platform to bear the two 1500 gallon water cistern tanks (the wider part in the foregorund of the pic), they will give better support and stabilize the wall of the house to this side and of course, they will support the structure of the one floor garage extension.


The iron mesh laying on the ground will be inside the vertical concrete retaining wall still to be built right on top of the foundation to hold the higher ground, on which the road lays also.
When we did all this I also prepared a box for a pour in the front of the house for a big step and bettering support over there too, see Raya seating on it.