Yesterday felt like a real milestone, with the pouring of the concrete for the foundation footings. Here are the footings before the pour. We did a little ceremony to “bless” the foundation to mark the beginning of our new house. Once the pour started it took 6 or 7 hours and went smoothly; concrete trucksRead more about Pouring the footings[…]
I was surprised when I saw the extent to which they dug footings for the foundation. A quick review of the foundation plans shows that there are quite a few load bearing walls in the basement that require footings. We are still scrambling to nail down the details of all the plumbing that will needRead more about Foundation footings – planning for future efficiency and conservation[…]
Excavation took about twice as long as expected due to all the rocks we encountered. The amount of rock (beautiful, valuable, Santa Barbara sandstone) was just astounding. We didn’t realize (despite seeing the huge pile grow) how much rock we pulled out until we did a rough estimation of the weight of all the rockRead more about Excavation is complete[…]