February 7, 2008
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House update #2;
Well there’s a lot that has happened this week with the house and even though we’ve fallen two days behind my initial schedule I’m still very much encouraged. All day Friday was a fun day as concrete form boards started getting put up and it’s the first time you get a real good feeling for how the house sits on the lot and the layout. Here’s a few pictures of the event;
Everything went swimmingly on Saturday including my favorite part of all my jobs; locating the sewer line. I particularly like doing this as the backhoe usually has to dig down anywhere from 6-10 feet underground and you’re usually on the edge of your seat due to the nearby power/water/gas lines that you don’t want to dig up. It just feels like real construction to me. I can’t wait to get some jobs where we can use real heavy duty equipment. Anyhow…here’s a picture of my good friend and backhoe operator Tim after locating the sewer (it ended up only being 5 feet down and not nearly as exciting to find as some.)
Monday through today (Wednesday) the plumber has been on the job running all of the underground piping and drain lines. It’s a huge job and I underestimated the time it would take him. He’s pretty much finished at this point and aside from doing a little backfilling and prepping for the inspection he’s done till after concrete. I’ve been busy searching high and low for the best deal on windows/doors/concrete/appliances/etc. I also helped out today by running the underground electrical (in to the hobby room island and the kitchen island). My plumber in action…hooray!
We should be good to go for all the underground inspections Friday followed by backfilling the plumbing trenches, compacting, finishing the pad prep, and laying out/tying the rebar. If all goes well we should be ready to pour concrete early next week (hoping for Tuesday but Wednesday/Thursday is more realistic.) Either way it’ll be a great feeling to get out of the dirt!
Comments (4)
Can’t wait to see it while we’re there… so how long does it take to get an inspector there to look at each step. Hope that office is more efficient than the permit office
@cbrent - You call it in the day before and they are out the next day. Getting them to show up is not a problem…getting them to pass you on the other hand….-B
going to be done in time for the blessing!?!
Can’t say that I find those photos nearly as interesting as ones of the kids, but interesting nonetheless.