Next, they had to chisel out as much of the old mortar as they could and tuck point new mortar into the joints, thus sealing and strengthening the walls. This took a few months and at this point it was August.

Next they started digging and pouring the foundation for the missing wall. As a point of irony, back in the 1980’s or 90’s, the previous owners of the house had knocked that wall down, to use the stones around a flower garden in the front yard. Talk about a desecration. Lucky enough, the stones were still viable, so Sam was going to use them to rebuild the front wall.