Today started nice and mellow. It wouldn't stay that way for very long. Harold's crew worked on making sure the first few rows of the LOGIX forms were perfectly level. I went to get another load for them to stack on top. When I got back to the worksite the fellow who was installing the septic tanks had arrived along with his excavator and a giant truck with the massive precast concrete tanks. From that point on the worksite was wall to wall action. A second hiab truck arrived with the rented forms for the inside bearing walls. Pharm dug a neat hole and they coaxed the tank into place without bumping the footing posts for the porch.
I had meetings with clients, and ran a number of trips for the last of the LOGIX blocks. A short while later both tanks were in place.
By the end of the day most of the required block for the first pour was in place. It was starting to look like a house construction site at last.
We'll be pouring the first four rows of blocks on Thursday. Following that it will take a few days to place the many, many truckloads of sand inside the foundation, packing it firmly into place as we work our way to the top. We'll also do much of the backfilling on the outside of the foundation at the same time. Then we'll begin stacking the LOGIX blocks the rest of the way up to the ceiling hieght and do one more pour to finish the walls. In about two weeks it will be time to begin setting the roof trusses into position.
Many folks are stopping by, amazed at the quick progress... but I'm trying my best to figure out ways to make it all go faster. Christmas is coming fast and it is our hope to be in the house by then.
-grampa dan