Have made alot of progress and photos will be up soon. Excavation turned into a right chore. I'm going to measure today and see but I think I've moved 4 cubic yards of dirt - twice. Out of the pit and up to a staging area and then from the staging area to the wheelbarrow or out the door. I had to stop even wheelbarrowing it out and down my back yard as that took too much time. I'm total woodchuck mode now with a mound out on my decking but what the f*k. I got it done. Had to say "screw the neighbors" and dig and dump during daylight. I couldn't make the progress I needed so I gave up on super stealth mode. I have a good cover story already in my hip pocket. So if HOA sniffs around I'm set and don't have to fumble for a reason as to what is going on. Ya dig folks. I have a pre-prepared story, i.e. my cover. "I kept smelling water in the shed. Dug down and low behold my downspout drain tile was mis-installed and it is wicking water back to my house and foundation. Can't have that.... oh by the way, good time to do that studio remodel as well..." You lay that on the HOA and then kindly tell them to fuck off. Pictures of the drain spouts being dug out... priceless - as the good folks at Mastercard like to say.
Time to frame.
B. McKush