Rich Hearts Home Building 101

Day 163

2005-10-25T07:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, the carpet installers arrived to lay the carpet, but since the furnace had not yet been turned on, it was way too cold in the house for them to unroll it. They did do some prep work of laying out the padding and nailing down the tack strips.

I think that the furnace is ready to be fired up but is waiting for electricity. I expected the electricians to be back on the job yesterday, but they weren't. Most of our light have been hooked up and they just have a bit more work to do.

The plumbers worked last Friday and have all the sinks and fixtures in place except for the kitchen because we are still waiting for the countertop. They have the hot water tanks in place, but are waiting for the softener to be installed before filling them. They also began setting the toilets.

Also, last Friday the closet shelves were installed.

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View of living room from front door

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Right side of master closet

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Left side of master closet

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Elizabeth's room showing closet

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Patrick's room showing closet

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Anna and Abigial's room showing their closet AKA toy room in the Annagail Suite

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Bonus room AKA sleeping quarters of the Annagail Suite

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Kitchen in the early morning light

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Kitchen pantry and desk

Day 156

2005-10-18T21:49:00.000-07:00

The cabinets are nearing completion and the electricians have been busy at work. We have switches and many operable lights now. It is amazing to see the place come alive at night. I have been pleased seeing all of our light selections in the house and there are more than enough to make things very bright and cheery.

Here is a view from the living room looking into the kitchen and at the man of the house.

Day 152

2005-10-14T14:29:00.000-07:00

Cabinets! Our cabinets were scheduled to begin installing on Monday the 17th, so imagine my surprise when the truck pulled up Friday with them! Quite a pleasant surprise! I think these will really change the look and feel of the kitchen and bathrooms. The gentleman who is installing them is an Amish man who now lives at the old homestead where my husband's grandparents lived and my father-in-law grew up. What a small world!

Day 147

2005-10-09T22:27:00.000-07:00

I was surprised to come home from church and see that the flooring crew was working on a Sunday. They got all of the downstairs vinyl flooring laid which takes up the majority of the first floor. We chose vinyl because we have four active, young children and we wanted something durable and scrubbable (is that a word?). Vinyl was the most economical of all our hard surface choices. This one has the look of ceramic tiles and looks perfect with our wall color. I don't really have a photo that adequately shows what it looks like. This one is a bit dark, but when I try to lighten the photo, the flooring no longer looks like what it looks like in real life. Perhaps I need to take new photo when the lighting is better.

Day 146

2005-10-08T13:33:00.000-07:00

I have neglected to take pictures the last couple of days, but the painting is complete and the vinyl flooring is being installed as I type.

I have decided add a photo of the house we are replacing. This is probably my favorite aspect of this house - the overall view from the outside.

Day 142

2005-10-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

Lined up and ready! Our beautifully stained doors are stained, sealed and awaiting installation. Here are several lined up in the living room.

Day 142

2005-10-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

A-door-able in white, too! These are the closet doors from my oldest daughter's bedroom. She begged to be different and didn't want stained trim and tan walls in her room but instead proposed white trim and blue walls. We struck a deal with our painter and she got her way.

Day 135

2005-09-27T18:56:00.000-07:00

The trim carpentry is complete and the stain has been applied. The stain is brushed on and then hand rubbed. Then a lacquer coat is sprayed on. Nail holes are then filled with a matching wood putty and all the wood is lightly sanded. Dust is cleaned off and then a sealer coat with a satin finish is sprayed on.
This is the view from the front door.

Day 128

2005-09-20T18:14:00.000-07:00

The brick hearth was built last Friday. I beleive this brick we selected is called Stratford. I like it because it is varigated and just a little bit scruffy. My husband likes it because it makes me happy, but is not TOO scruffy. :) Here the children are modeling for what I hope to be the first of many fireplace snapshots. You can see here that the trim carpenters have begun work on the wood mantel. It is made of poplar and will be stained.

Day 120

2005-09-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

The shutters are up! The house has a much more finished appearance now.
Our trim carpenters arrived on site today. They seem to be a nice crew and they got most of the upstairs door install and cased out as well as started the baseboards and stair trim.

Day 108

2005-08-31T19:20:00.000-07:00

The exterior of he house is coming close to completion. On the inside, the drywall has been completely mudded and merely needs sanding to complete. Monday, the ceilings received their spanish lace finish. The painter is scheduled to prime on Friday. We have picked out all of our interior trim and it will be delivered some time next week when our trm carpenter will be ready to begin.

Day 108

2005-08-31T16:05:00.000-07:00

Today, our siding crew arrived with our window cornices. They were waiting for these to come in so that they could finish siding. We were presented with a choice as to how to install them. Unfortunately, our relationship with this crew has deteriorated and therefore this whole discussion became more complicated than it should have.

Day 107

2005-08-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

The Porch railings are up! This may become my favorite room in the house. I have this very strong urge to plop a little white rocker out here and just sit and watch the house being finished. :)

Day 102

2005-08-25T15:15:00.000-07:00

Patrick is pointing out our new electric meter. Today power lines were brought to the house and our meter was hooked up.

Meanwhile, the siding crew began work on the porch ceilings which are an aluminum soffit material in the same color as our siding.

DAY 100!!!

2005-08-23T15:33:00.000-07:00

Celebrating 100 days of building!!!

The house is looking great! The siding is well on it's way to being finished. The porch is coming along. On the inside, the drywall is up and being taped and mudded. It is really looking like a real house now!

Day 93

2005-08-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

Porch posts! We had a meeting with the siding crew, our builder and the gentleman who sold us our porch system to discuss exactly where these posts were to go and how the system goes together. This is a vinyl porch railing system (No painting!) and the siding crew had never installed one before. Here you can see some of the posts in place. I can't wait to see the rest of it!

This photo is an official "crack" photo. I have regularly been taking photos from the same spots so we can see the building progress. This one is uncropped and taken from a particular crack in the road. I also take photos from a rock embedded in the ground at the end of our driveway - the "rock" photos. I suppose I should watch who I tell I am taking "rock and crack" photos to because it sounds like I am up to no good.

Day 93 More Drywall

2005-08-16T18:18:00.000-07:00

In 2 days, our drywall hanging crew is nearly done. The entire house with the exception of part of the 1st floor bath and the garage has drywall. It looks fantastic! Another crew will be coming in to tape and mud it.

Day 92

2005-08-15T20:06:00.000-07:00

Drywall!!! Our drywalling crew began work this morning and in one day got all of the 2 nd floor ceilings up, half of the 1 st floor ceilings, one of the bedrooms, the bonus room, and the master bath done. It is really starting to look like the inside of the house! Very exciting!

Day 89

2005-08-12T15:31:00.000-07:00

The siding continues. This is the south side of the house. There were some quality issues we had with the instalation, but hopefully now that these have been addressed, things will be improved when the siding in the front is intalled.

Day 88: Batt Insulation

2005-08-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Our new home's walls have been completely insulated and a vapor barrier installed. The wall are ready fro drywall which is scheduled to begin Monday.

Day 85: Spray insulation

2005-08-08T18:12:00.000-07:00

In just a couple of hours, our entire home has been sprayed with foam insulation. Here is a view of the living room and dining room.

Day 85: Siding

2005-08-08T18:04:00.000-07:00

Snapshot of the siding on the south side of the house. It's nearly complete. I love the little windows in that bump out - they look so cute now!

Day 85

2005-08-08T07:52:00.000-07:00

Sprayed insulation: Today, a big truck from the insulation company showed up. After, all the windows were covered in plastic, the process of spraying expanding foam insulation onto the interior of every outside wall began. One of the reasons we wanted this done was because our house basically sits in the middle of farmland. The wind can really whip through those fields and this should provide an airtight barrier. We have witnessed what the wind can do in our current old farmhouse. When the wind blows in the winter, our curtains on the inside move! We are looking forward to having a toasty warm home next winter!

Day 79

2005-08-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

Today the new house is quiet. Amazingly, NO ONE is working on it at all today. I at least expected the siding crew to be here.

I have an appointment with the Closet Tamers company to discuss what shelves, rods and organizational features we have in our closets as well as get a price to do the cabinets in our laundry room. We are trying to get all of our finances planned out.

Day 78

2005-08-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

Day 78: Siding installation in progress. The color is Classic Cream. Kind of a yellowish cream or creamy yellow. It depends on the light on it. This crew only worked a half day and things have been quiet on the homefront for the rest of the day.

Day 74

2005-07-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

A decision made! In a sea of many choices, today I made this one! Actually, we had already picked out a kitchen sink along with all of our plumbing fixtures, but the man of the house was not happy with our kitchen sink options. So I went to another supplier that our builder recomended. I requested prices on three sinks only to find out that two of them were out of our budget. But the second one pictured above was nearly the exact same price as the one at the top that is a rather plain jane lighter gauge sink. So, we are getting that lovely sink!

The plumbers completed their work today and called for an inspection. Unfortunately, the inspecter found something that needs to be corrected. So tomorrow, the plumber return and make his changes and call for another inspection.

Our lovely "classic cream" siding was delivered today. It should start to go up tomorrow morning!

Day 73

2005-07-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

The mechanicals are close to being complete. The plumber is running gas lines for my fireplace, range, and stove today and has just a few things to finish up tomorrow morning. Both the HVAC and the Electrical work have been done and passed inspection. Once the plumbing work has been inspected our builder will order a framing inspection. Once that has passed, the house will be insulated and drywall will begin to go up. Things will really begin to take shape then!

The siding will start to go up at the end of this week and the outside will really change, as well.

Today, WaterWorks was here running lines for our purified drinking water and preparing for our duel tank softener system. I can't wait for the time when I no longer need to haul 19 gallons of water home every two weeks!

We are in the mode of making many decision right now. Cabinets, lighting, switches, paint, sinks, porch posts, appliances, door hardware, stain color, bath accessories and much more have to be thought about and choices made. It can seem overwhelming! I keep praying for God's wisdom for all of our choices because this home is truly His. We just want to do what is right!

2005-07-26T15:08:00.000-07:00

Our manablock system. I keep wanting to call it our water fuse box. :) There is a separate shut off for every plumbed item in our home. Cool, huh?

Day 65

2005-07-19T12:18:00.000-07:00

Haven't updated lately because the progress of late isn't as visible and I haven't taken many photos. But the mechanical contractors have been quite busy. The HVAC has been completed to the 1st inspection stage, as well as all of the electrical wiring. The plumbers are working as I type and should be done within a couple of days.

Next comes insulation and drywall. Once drywall goes up, our builder said that it should be approximately 60 days to completion! The end is in sight! We should be insulated next week and drywall will follow immediately after.

Our siding contractor will begin installing the soffits this week and the siding will go up next week. Then, I will have some new pictures!

Day 54

2005-07-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

Day 54: Transformtions!
AEP showed up today to install our new transformer (shown here in a watercolor rendering). We are one step closer to having power in our new home.

Day 53

2005-07-07T17:30:00.000-07:00

Day 53 Electricity...E-lectricity

Although we weren't expecting them to begin for another week, our electrician showed up today to do some work. They wanted to get the boxes for the services installed quickly because they have to be inspected by our electric company before we can be hooked up with power. While they were here, they also tacked up switch and outlet boxes as well as some of our recessed can lights. They also repaired our low hanging wire that goes from our pole to the barn that was damaged during last week's storm. He made a comment that it looked pretty dangerous, so I am very thankful to have that done!

Day 52

2005-07-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Day 52: Electrical Walkthough
We met with our electrician as well as our builder to walk though the house and discuss where all of our lights, switches and outlets should be. I never realized how hard it would be to make those decisions. Barry and I had been discussing what we wanted and our builder and electrician provided their wisdom and experience. We got most everything figured out in about two hours, but they did say that we should be talking with the the place we will purchase our lights from to iron our some unclear details on light placement. They also said they would need to have our cabinet manufacturer come out and draw where the center kitchen island will be so that they can place the light over it correctly. The only problem is that we haven't picked a cabinet company or selected cabinets yet.

So, Barry and I took the afternoon and picked out all of our lighting fixtures at Light World. The lady we were working with there was very helpful in light placement and finding appropriate lights for the right places. Now, we just need to get her quote and see if we are within our budget.

Then we still had some time, so we went to Harlan Cabinets and picked out cabinets. We should get a quote on that in about a week. Hopefully we are within our budget on that, as well.

Then we went home and I thought my head might explode trying to make that last decision of the day: what to fix for dinner! Ü

Day 47

2005-07-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

Day 47: Garage Door

We have a garage door we can close! Our poor Overhead Door guy arrived with a door and pulled everything out of his truck before he realized that we have an 8'-0" high opening and he had a 7'-0" door. So he had to pack everything back up and go back to get the right one. But we did eventually get a door, but there is no opener yet. That will come after the home is drywalled.

Inside Garage with New Door

2005-07-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth's Ductwork

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A View from the Master Bedroom

2005-07-01T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a photo taken looking out of the master bedroom window. You can see our lovely new geothermal trenches as well as our green roof and beautiful view of our neighbor's pasture across the road. We never realized how pretty and rolling it was until we saw it from this view up high!

Day 47

2005-07-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

Day 47: Geothermal Trenches
The only section of our pasture that up untl now had not been torn up and reduced to mud, is gone. The front of our yard now has two 250'-0" long trenches that are 5'-0" deep. These will hold black tubing that will carry water underground for our closed loop geothermal HVAC system. The tubing can be seen here laying coiled up next to the left trench. They did end up hitting our current home's septic tile which they did patch. Hopefully well enough to last us a few more months.

Day 47

2005-07-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here is where our geothermal lines leave and re-enter our house through the basement wall.

Geothermal Tubing

2005-07-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

Day 47

2005-07-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

In the trenches! Today the trenches are being dug for the tubing for our geothermal system. They digging two 200' trenches that are 5'-0" deep where they will lay in coiled tubing. They will also lay tubing at the 3'-0" level. This is for our closed loop geothermal HVAC system.

Day 46

2005-06-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

Ductwork! I had to explain to the children that this is a DUCT not a DUCK. If there is any quacking eminating from this, there is a problem! Ü This is a shot of our main ventilation chaseway as viewed looking down from the attic. We will lose a bit of space out of our upstairs hall and 1st floor school room for this. But I guess heat and A/C is worth that! The duct work should be complete within a week!

Day 37

2005-06-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

Day 37: Green Gables! Yes, we chose green for our roof shingle color! Our roofing crew arrived at 5:30am this morning and began laying shingles. I must say they are very fast and I was quite impressed when I witnessed one of them SPRINTING from the bottom of the main roof to the top. These men appear to be as comfortable walking on a roof with an 11 on 12" pitch as they do on the ground. Personally, if it were me, I would be tied on with a safety harness, hanging on, and CRAWLING, but I suppose that is why they are ones roofing my house and not me! The front is nearly done here and you can see that we do indeed have green gables!

Day 36

2005-06-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

Day 36: Septic System
Last Friday two gentlemen from the Dept. of Health came out to our property and inspected our soil. Our soil passed the dryness test. The dryness test is VERY scientific. A guy bores a hole and takes a soil sample at the septic field depth which was 14" deep in our case and rolls it between the palms of his hand. If he can roll a little dirt snake that is 1/8" or smaller before the soil breaks apart, then it is too wet. No tiny snakes were happening in our yard so we were good to go.

We said "dry prayers" all weekend so it wouldn't rain and our certified septic installer came Monday morning to install our septic field. When you tell people you are putting in a new septic system (especially in our county) you get to hear every septic horror story. We heard numerous tales of folks who have been in their homes for years and still haven't been approved for their field to be installed so they have to pay to have their tanks pumped once a month. So we were THRILLED to say the least that we are over this hurdle.

Day 33

2005-06-17T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well, things are quiet on the job site for the time being. Our framers have reached a stopping point until our windows are delivered which should be next Friday. Although this is perfect roofing weather, our roofer must be occupied elsewhere and won't be on our site until next Wednesday. :(

The Board of Health officials arrived today to do a soil test for the installation of our septic system. We have had difficulty getting our system design approved and we have heard horror stories about how difficult it is to get approval for installation. If the ground is just the slightest bit wet, you can't put the system in. Great news! Our soil passed. As long as it doesn't rain between now and Monday, our system will be installed! I am praying "dry prayers" as this is a giant hurdle I would love to be over!!!

Day 31

2005-06-15T14:27:00.000-07:00

Day 31: Shingles
The roof is completely framed and shingles were delivered today. Just today we changed our shingle choice. When Barry touched base with the framers as he left for work, Merv brought up what he saw we had chosen for shingles which was a basic three-tab shingle. He said he personally would never choose that for a steep roof like ours that sits out and gets a lot of wind. He said we would probably have broken tabs every time it storms. So we decided to investigate and found that it wasn't a bad price to upgrade to a dimensional shingle. I spent my morning driving up to the roofing place to check them out. Fortunately, they had the same manufacturer and color in the dimensional shingle AND they were in stock. So, no delays and our shingles were delivered as scheduled.

Day 25

2005-06-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

Day 25: More roof! The cute returns on the front gable have been constructed and the garage roof where Anna's room will be has been begun. There will be two dormers out the front where the garage roof rafters are missing.

Day 25: Porch Roof

2005-06-09T08:16:00.000-07:00

Day 25: This morning our framers have been busy placing the roof rafters and have now begun lifting the framing members for the porch roof which are rather long.

Day 24: The Roof!

2005-06-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

Day 24 (June 8, 2005): The roof is starting to go up! Now we can really see the full height of the house. This photo was taken from the back porch of our existing house.

Day 23

2005-06-07T10:50:00.000-07:00

Day 23: Back porch roof has been framed and the rear kitchen roof has been started. Some of the basement windows are visible here along with most of the kitchen windows.

Day 22

2005-06-06T13:24:00.000-07:00

The house is really coming along! It is looking pretty big to me. The second floor interior and exterior walls are framed. The walls are built flat on the floor and the exterior sheathing is nailed on at this time before they are lifted into place. Our fantastic framers (seen here walking precariously on the attic joists) completed the south wall first (right side of picture) which is nearly 40 feet long. They said it about did them in trying to lift it. There are only four of them: 3 adults and one young apprentice. I am happy that I talked Elizabeth into baking them some chocolate chip cookies!

Day ????

2005-06-06T05:10:00.000-07:00

Can you say "way behind?" I have been taking pictures like crazy, but have run short on time to post them. I WILL catch up soon! The house is really taking shape and looking like a house!

Stairway to........

2005-06-02T17:31:00.000-07:00

Day 18:
We have stairs! Actually this is the second set. Although they will eventually lead to our second floor, right now they lead straight to the heavens. Or if you not careful, straight to a nastly fall! Ü Elizabeth and Anna were kind enough to test them out for us.

Day 5 (5/20/05)

2005-05-20T22:40:00.000-07:00

Mud!

Wall forms removed

Exterior of wall sprayed with tar

Plumber arrives and plumbs in sewer lines for future bath, installs ejection pit.

Day 4 (5-19-05)

2005-05-19T06:10:00.000-07:00

Concrete workers removed forms from porch walls but then had to call it quits for the day due to rain.

Day 3: Basement Walls Poured

2005-05-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

Day 3 May 18, 2005: Here is a picture showing the basement and front porch foundation walls after the concrete had been poured. The right side of the picture shows the front basement walls of the house and the walls closest to the camera are the shorter walls that will support the front porch. They are 3'-0" tall so that their footer will end up being 36" below grade which is what is required by code so that they are below the frost line in our area. That way they are below the level where the ground heaves as the ground freezes and thaws.

Yes, this is going to be a large front porch, but I do believe that this picture is deceptive and almost makes it appear larger than the house.

2005-05-18T10:21:00.000-07:00

Day 3: FOUR concrete trucks on our property at once. Pouring the basement walls took 6 trucks!

2005-05-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

Day 3: The first concrete truck arrived to begin pouring the basement walls.

2005-05-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Day 3: The forms are removed from the porch footers. Forms are placed for the porch foundation.

2005-05-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

Day 3: The porch foundation forms are in place and 2'-0 of blue insulation is placed inside to create a brick ledge.

2005-05-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

Day 3: Basement wall forms are placed on the footers. They are attached together with bolts and wedge shaped pins that are hammered into the bolts. There are metal ties that connect the opposite sides together.

2005-05-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Day 3: Horizontal rebars are attached to the vertical rebars. This is quick work with these handy tools that wire them together.

2005-05-18T08:42:00.000-07:00

Day 3: A connecting footer is poured between the tall porch foundation walls and the short ones.

2005-05-18T08:38:00.000-07:00

Day 3: The footer forms are removed. Both the interior and exterior black drainage tiles have been laid in the gravel. Lines are snapped for the wall forms and marks are made on the vertical rebars showing where the horizontal rebar will be attached.

Day 3 (5-18-05)

2005-05-18T06:32:00.000-07:00

Basement walls!

Footer forms removed.

Horizontal rebar wired to vertical rebar for walls

Interior and exterior drainage tiles placed.

Footers for porch formed and poured

Forms for walls placed

Forms for porch footers removed

Porch wall forms placed with insulation for brick ledge

Walls poured (took 6 concrete trucks)

2005-05-17T13:40:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Vertical rebars for the basement walls are placed into the footers.

2005-05-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

Day 2: While one man directs the concrete into the forms, another follows behind placing the rebars into the footers and packing and smoothing it. He also uses a 2 X 6 to create a groove in the middle of the footer. This will help lock the walls into place when they are poured.

2005-05-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

Day 2: The concrete arrives and the footers are poured.

2005-05-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Gravel is spread all around the forms for the footers and the basement floor.

2005-05-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Gravel is dumped into the basement.

2005-05-17T13:34:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Rebar is bent and placed where it go in the footers. This is removed when the concrete is poured into the forms and then placed back in the middle of the concrete.

2005-05-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

Day 2: The footers for the basement walls connect to the porch foundation walls.

2005-05-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Ground is excavated for the porch foundation which will be 3'-0 walls.

2005-05-17T13:30:00.000-07:00

Day 2: Forms are placed for the basement footers.

2005-05-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

Day 2: The first of three big dump truck deliver gravel.

2005-05-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

Day 2: A ramp into the basement is cut.

Day 2 (5-17-05)

2005-05-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

Footers!

*Dug ramp into basement on south side (next to living room area)
*Forms (2 X 6s) placed for footers.
*Excavator dug for deep walls for side of porch/retaining walls
*Excavator dug for short (3'-0 below grade) porch walls)
*Excavator cut old drainage tile on north side of house
*Gravel delivered, dumped into basemet, and spread around.
*Rebar bent for around corners and placed in preparation for footers
*Concrete poured into forms for footers, rebar placed horizontally into footers. Concrete smoothed, groove placed in center of footer, vertical rebar placed.

2005-05-16T13:16:00.000-07:00

Day 1: Checking out the new "basement."

2005-05-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

Day 1: The finishing touches are made to the hole for the basement. The hole is 3'-0 bigger in diameter than the actual house walls.

2005-05-16T07:18:00.000-07:00

Ground Breaking!!!
This is it - the FIRST scoop!!!

Day 1 (5-16-05)

2005-05-16T06:18:00.000-07:00

Ground Breaking!

*Digging the basement 6 1/2' below grade (745' which is the flood protection elevation)
*Perimeter dug is 3'-0 wider than actual basement walls.
*Used some of the dirt to build up elevation for future garage, driveway and rear porch. Compacted this.
*Discovered old clay field drainage tile running about 4' below grade through the front of house. Cut this off on south side of house today.
*Firm Indiana clay found for basement foundation
*Minimal water seapage