Tuesday, November 30, 2004

So tired...

No pictures today, but some progress!

Last night Emily and I decided on the windows and patio doors for the basement and ordered them, and they were delivered today.

The well people came out and ran their wires and pipe under the basement floor and foundation, but said that they will have to wait for the ground to freeze again before they can get the big well drilling truck in due to the mud.

The cement people came and poured the garage foundation, and were rumored to have gotten their 6WD monster cement truck stuck such that a bulldozer was needed to assist them. (the rain we got last week made the clay *very* slippery!)

Lastly, Em and I spent the afternoon spreading tar on our foundation for waterproofing. Unfortunately, tar doesn't spread easily at these temperatures, so it was hard work. We are about a third done and will finish tomorrow.

Time to eat and fall down!

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

After stripping, the naked...

...concrete is revealed!

Monday, November 22, 2004

When it doesn't rain, it pours!

Cement, that is... :-)

Thursday, November 18, 2004

More forms and a septic system!

They finished setting up forms today, but no cement truck yet. However, the septic is now installed! Also, we met with the well guy tonight and some of that work will begin tomorrow, with the well itself scheduled to be drilled in a week.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Things are starting to form up! ;-)

Hopefully they'll finish setting up forms and pour our basement wall tomorrow!

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Something is a-footing...

As in, someone came and poured our footings this morning!

Thursday, November 11, 2004

House building updates...

After much "hurry up and wait", our house project is moving steadily ahead. We are currently expecting to move in mid to late December. The basement is scheduled to be poured early next week.

Here are some highlights: