Arthur's Restaurant on Ten Mile Lake - Page 3

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These photos were submitted by Tom Cox in the fall of 2014

Construction Update as of October 7

Sand Mounds on the Septic Field Take Shape. It will require 360 truckloads of sand, sandy loam and topsoil to complete the drainfields. That little control building is now gone; in its place will be a couple of control panels mounted on standards.

A closeup of the northernmost mound.

Septic piping being assembled this morning in forty-degree weather with high winds in the Northwest.

Overall the drainfield with its four mounds must be the size of nearly two football fields.

Here Jason Snodgrass of Bemidji works on the installation of the drain tile. There will be drain tile on both the inside and outside of the footings, and water will drain to a "basket" over in the corner to Jason's right where a sump pump will pump it away from the building.

Here's a closeup of the ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms) that are now in place to receive the poured foundation. Pouring will begin at 8:00 AM tomorrow, Oct. 8.

More drain tile installation - this on the perimeter of the footings, by Jerry Peterson and his son, Caleb.

Carl Peterson, and much of the ICF in place as of last Thursday, Oct. 2.

Last Thursday, Lynn, from MN Power, and our electrical contractor, Kirk Lowe, made plans for the installation of the three-phase electrical power from the existing pole at the entrance to Long Bay Road to the transformer that will serve our building.

Say goodbye (and good riddance!) to the former septic system's south parking lot old low, green-roofed gravel filter, largely demolished as of Thursday the 2nd.

Carl Peterson places a corner ICF at the northwest corner of the building in the third-from-the-top row last Saturday, the 4th.

Today, Oct. 7, Carl places and glues an ICF in place in the top row on the east wall. Note the scaffolding that braces the wall and can be adjusted to insure that the wall is plumb and stays that way while the concrete is being poured. That's Jerry Peterson below, assisting Carl and tieing the ICF together with OSB (oriented strand board) where the ICF is at all vulnerable to separating due to the pressures of the wet, heavy concrete.

I took this picture last Saturday to capture the window frame in place. This window will not only give light in the basement, but also will provide the required egress from the basement in the event of emergency.