A little footing trench

Yesterday it rained lightly. The forecast is for scattered showers through Monday. Hopefully that will be the last of the seasonal rains. Wet weather delays foundation work. Nevertheless, I had a couple of hours to kill this afternoon, so I got started on the shallow brick footing. Hopefully next day's showers will also be light and won't mess it up too much.


This is just a 5-inch-deep single-wythe footing along the front of the planter area. I'll hire a laborer for the deeper post footings later. Little foundations like this are always too small for skilled contractors and too exacting to leave to careless handymen. The house-side post base will be integrated with the garden wall, so it will be the first thing visible upon approach. Sloppiness here would just be glaring and obvious.

See my porch roof design post for general information.