Here are some pictures of our progress to date. These pictures span from mid May to mid June. Lots of progress in just one, short month!
 |
| Empty lot, approx 8,000 sq ft |
 |
| First dig! |
 |
| More digging |
 |
| The guy in the orange shirt is standing in our basement |
 |
| The "step" is the crawlspace, adjacent to partial basement that sits under the front half of the house |
 |
| Clearly we have a water problem. At this point we consulted a soil/geotechnical engineer to make some suggestions on how to help with drainage to prevent flooding. |
 |
| 14 inch sump pump conduit, which will have 2 pumps and back up generator power |
 |
| Preparing the footings |
 |
| This is right before the dude in the red shirt blasted the other dude in the face with concrete |
 |
| Good thing they didn't hit the power lines |
 |
| Framing the footings |
 |
| More framing |
 |
| Supplies to frame the footings |
 |
| Starting to see the footprint of our house! |
 |
| Cement has been poured |
 |
| Waiting for it to set |
 |
| We have walls! |
 |
| Waiting for the walls to set |
 |
| Another cement truck |
 |
| Lots of foundation work! |
 |
| Attempting to use some of the excess 100 sq ft of dirt to backfill the foundation |
 |
| Basement slab |
 |
| Lumber drop! Simpson Timber |
 |
| Framers getting started |
No comments:
Post a Comment