Lumber arrived

Framing started today.  First floor of Casita is framed and a start on the master bedroom side of the house.

Concrete Time Lapse

Time lapse view from yesterday

195 cubic yards of concrete!

Estimates were around 170-180, but it ended up taking 195 yards of concrete.    The crew started work at 3:30 getting the pump truck setup and things ready.  Concrete started to flow at 4:00 and there were 10 concrete mixing trucks stacked up waiting to dump into the pump truck.

They finished pumping around 1:00 in the afternoon and completed floating and finishing around 10:00 at night.

Man of steel

Steel and cable work underway

Wastet lines and final dirt prep

Waste lines are in.  Final ground work prep was completed and ready for plastic sealing and steel cable and re-bar work to get done this week.  Concrete trucks scheduled to come on the 23rd just in time for Christmas.

Rough grade of foundation completed

Rough grade fill is complete.   Took 28 dump truck loads of fill to get everything up to rough grade.   Plumber starts work on Sunday the 14th and plans on being done in one day.   Shooting for concrete being pored before Christmas.

More fill and bags

Process continues.  Plumber is scheduled to arrive today (Friday).

Building up the foundation

Fill is being hauled in and part of the process is to build up and reinforce the corners for the concrete base.   Bags are filled, placed and compacted, a slow and very manual labor intensive process.

Foundation work has started

Foundation is being formed.   There is about a 4.5' drop in grade so the back of the house will need quite a bit of fill.   Entire slab will be a good 2' above grade at the lowest level.

Power path cleared

This past week clearing on the property continued.    All brush has been removed from the build site and a path has been cleared for power poles to be installed.

Power needs to be run an additional 1400 feet from the existing poles, which will require about 5 new poles to the existing 5 that area already in place.

Much of the brush being removed is being stacked in piles and will remain in place as part of our wildlife management plan for establishing brush cover for birds and game.