May 12 & 13 - Concrete!

The concrete truck arrives on site.

The first pour of our foundation/footers.

Ben and crew hard at work.

Making progress

Tada! The footers are complete. Notice the 5 small footers in the foreground - those are for the back deck.

Nice view from 137

Then May 13, 2010 rolls around and the boys have some nice weather to put in the forms on top of the footers for the stem walls.

They did it despite the weather in Mayuary. The posts you see in the foreground are sonotubes that will also be filled with concrete and then will be underground to support the posts for the back deck.

Tomorrow... weather permitting... Ben and the boys will fill the stem walls with concrete and let it set over the weekend. The first floor height is the height of the top of the white walls you see.

Saturday May 8th 2010

did some appliance shopping on Saturday

lot is completely ready for concrete footers - lots going on this coming week!

So, there's a 15' tall pile of top soil on the lot right now, it provides a great view of how we'll be able to see Paradise Divide and town from the second floor.

5/7/10

Round one of the excavation is complete! Utility taps have been moved, water and sewer lines have been brought to the foundation site, and covered. The footers for the foundation will be going in on Monday, with the stem walls to follow this week.

May 6th, 2010

Sewer Tap found

covering and insulating the Sewer Tap at the end of the day

stamping the backfill over the Sewer Tap so that the pavement won't sag next spring

Initial backfilling should be done tomorrow with prep for the concrete footers done in the afternoon. Monday, the footers should get poured and then the stem walls after - progress!

Day 3 5/5/2010

Excavation Day 3

Finishing the Deck Footer

Moving the Electrical Tap

Water Line Found!

Trench for the Water Line to the House

Day 2 On The Lot

The excavators were moving a ton of dirt today

I have become proficient in my ability to hold a long measuring stick upright

Tomorrow the water and sewer lines go in - very exciting!

Ground Breaking Day at 137 Larkspur Loop!

the final survey - thank you Bank of America!

the first dig on the new home-site!

now let's bring in the real machinery and build a house

oh boy, this is fun!

nice scoop, rook!

in case all else fails, I've got a backup plan now

Ben is not fired up at all...

end of the first day of digging... stay tuned!