Foundation

From the Den looking in to the living room

I went out to the house on Thursday, March 14 to take pictures of the footers that were poured on Tuesday.  Much to my surprise, there was a crew laying block!  On dig day Jeff had said the footers were to be poured early this week and then, because of how they schedule and orchestrate crews with jobs happening locally, the foundation probably wouldn't be set until next week.  At the pace their going, and judging by what I saw at lunch time today, they will probably finish the block work today.  Take a look!

Dig Day 3.8.2013

Gotta have a good Breakfast to dig a good foundation!

Not a lot to say.  Mainly some pictures.  Dig Day was a chilly, March morning.  The excavators came in from about 45 minutes away bright and early around 8AM and started digging shortly before 8:30. 

When we arrived minutes after 8:30, they already had a good bit of the garage wall dug.  This entire process only took until noon.  This was very surprising to me.  When my parents built their house, they ran in to rock.  It took them an entire weekend and LOTS more money to dig their foundation.  So far, this experience has been full of a few pleasant surprises.  This is how it went...



The first few scoops were on the garage wall!



Working on the front porch...







Finished product!  Looking from porch to den, family room and part of dinette





Like I said, they made quick work of it that day!  Jeff, our Field Manager stopped by the site around 11 or 12 and we got to talk to him about next steps, etc.  It's so exciting to see it finally underway!

Until Next Time!

Ciao!