Not sure that I can do this picture justice, but I'll give it a shot. The far bottom left corner of the pic is the driveway/garage. The orange bucket is in the garage - about where the driver's side rear bumper would be. The entrance of the house is in the center of the pic where the rounded wall moldings are located. Joe is walking in the game room in the upper right hand area. I'll stop there as it's likely hard to picture the layout without the plans and I'm surely rambling at this point....nothing new. BTW - isn't our pink dumpster pretty?? We also have a purple Porta-John!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ready for the Stem Walls
Wow - a bunch has happened since my last post - a bunch of good things. The retaining walls are complete and the big pile of dirt is gone. Last Saturday (June 20th) we were able to see the outline of the house (painted in pink) on the dirt. Kinda cool. Since then, the crews have been digging the stem walls and placing the molds/rebar around the perimeter of the house. Tomorrow the cement will be poured. The plumbers and electricians will then be out to do their thing. We're getting closer to the framing and looking forward to the smell of lumber - ahhhhh - sweet lumber.
Not sure that I can do this picture justice, but I'll give it a shot. The far bottom left corner of the pic is the driveway/garage. The orange bucket is in the garage - about where the driver's side rear bumper would be. The entrance of the house is in the center of the pic where the rounded wall moldings are located. Joe is walking in the game room in the upper right hand area. I'll stop there as it's likely hard to picture the layout without the plans and I'm surely rambling at this point....nothing new. BTW - isn't our pink dumpster pretty?? We also have a purple Porta-John!
Not sure that I can do this picture justice, but I'll give it a shot. The far bottom left corner of the pic is the driveway/garage. The orange bucket is in the garage - about where the driver's side rear bumper would be. The entrance of the house is in the center of the pic where the rounded wall moldings are located. Joe is walking in the game room in the upper right hand area. I'll stop there as it's likely hard to picture the layout without the plans and I'm surely rambling at this point....nothing new. BTW - isn't our pink dumpster pretty?? We also have a purple Porta-John!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Moving along - snails pace
Got a call from the GC today. He said the big pile of dirt would be gone on Monday (June 15th) and the surveyors would be out on Tuesday to stake the house. We're meeting the GC and landscaper at the lot on Wednesday to figure out where trees, plants, etc will be placed.
After the staking, the crews will get the stem walls built - then the plumbers and electricians will each do their underground work. Scott is estimating the plumbing and electric will start in about 1.5 weeks.
We just stopped by the lot with the pups - above is a shot of Joe with the camera facing East. The walls to Joe's right are hopefully (fingers crossed) the end of the retaining wall work!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
More Retaining Walls...
We were hoping to see major progress on the lot upon returning from vacation...no such luck. Another set of retaining walls are being built on the north side of the lot. From the sounds of it, we will have another few weeks of wall work before the foundation can be started. As of now, they are giving a mid March completion date.
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