Nailed and and Stacked

Well, we have a little more progress on the job site. Our footer has been nailed. What this means is that the surveyor has made their last trip to the site and marked the corners on the foundation. This allows the block layers to lay out straight lines between the corners in order to keep the walls straigt. I had never realized all the steps that went into getting a foundation in the ground.

1. Excavator clears the lot.

2. Surveyor lays out house on lot

3. Excavator does a "rough cut" of the foundation area

4. Surveyor stakes out the corners of the house again.

5. Excavator diggs the footer

6. Rebar installed and tied in the footer

7. Inspection by city/county

8. Pour concrete

9. Surveyor nails footer

10. Finally block work can commence!

In addition we now have block, mortar, and sand on site. The weather should start clearing Monday and hopefully we will have block work done by Wednesday. However, there are still a few decisions to be made.

1. Where do we put in the crawlspace access? Since our crawlspace is going to be recessed how do we do that and not end up with water and mud sliding down into it?

2. Where do we put our HVAC equipement with the same mud/water issues being a factor?

hmmm....if you have ideas let me know.