Posted in Announcements, General on Oct 24th, 2007 No Comments »
After a feverish rush of work done largely by Matt over the last week or so, we now have completed our concrete forms and we’ve passed our first inspection. Matt and a crew of guys are pouring concrete into our perimeter foundation this morning, and in a week we’ll be pouring concrete for our […]
Posted in Announcements on Oct 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
Finally, the mast image does actually represent our house! That’s my dad and me working on the form boards and my maternal grandmother sitting in the chair watching.
Posted in Construction on Oct 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Every house starts with a foundation. It’s where the structure meets the earth.
Our foundation started with stakes and strings to mark the general position of the house (accurate to a couple inches). Then we chalked over the strings.
The chalk marks showed where to dig our footings. Our footings have been dug and we’ve embarked on […]