Basement is COMPLETE!

Yipee!!

When I saw the Purdy truck on my way to work this morning, I was giddy as a school girl! The basement floor along with the garage floor have been poured and the lumber is at the lot ready for framing to begin. There will be more, of course, but this is a great start to the week!

What will happen this week...?

We are very excited that the sun is supposed to shine all week. It will be unseasonably cool and there is NO rain in the forecast. We're expecting a basement floor pour tomorrow and then framing the rest of the week. Stay tuned....

Plumbing and Backfill are in

Hello!

We had some computer issues last night, so I didn't have a chance to post anything. Yesterday, they backfilled the hole and installed the plumbing in the basement. Mike was supervising yesterday at lunch.

As the old song says, "Here comes the rain, again"...we will not have a basement floor today, but they will pour on Monday. They will frame next week! :)

Sealant is on and window wells are installed

Hello, everyone!

The basement sealant is on and so are the basement window wells. The plumber will be there tomorrow to lay some pipe. The insulation will go on over the sealant and then, they will backfill the hole. On Friday, barring any bad weather, they will pour the basement floor and the basement will be as done as it needs to be before the framing starts.

We are expecting some rain the rest of the week, so keep your fingers crossed that all goes on schedule. If it does, we'll be framing next week!

The preceding picture is of the above-ground basement windows in the back of the house. We are trying to get as much natural light in there as possible.

Basement Wall Forms are Gone

On Saturday, I took a picture of the window well for the basement, but since I didn't have many for today's, I thought I would toss it in.

The basement forms were removed today. I didn't have a chance to get to the lot until after all our Tuesday festivities...so the pics are kinda' boring.

Basement Walls are Poured

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We just missed the cement truck! I stopped at lunch and got the crew working away to prep for the pour. When I stopped after work, the cement was poured and still very wet.

We resisted the urge to put our initials in the cement...we might do the driveway, though. :) The forms will come down tomorrow!

Saturday was another productive day!

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Yesterday was still a bit damp and cold, but there were signs of kids on the dirt pile. You can buy the most expensive toys, but a big pile of dirt is the best!

On Saturday the concrete guys were hard at work getting more of the forms put up. They lost a day on Thursday because of the rain. Barring any more bad weather, we expect the basement to be poured, sealed and complete by Friday.

They expect to pour on Monday. Not sure if I will get shots of that, but I will try.

More rain....more progress

Well,

It didn't start raining until we came out to get pictures. THEN, it poured. I braved the weather to get a couple of today's shots. There was no progress yesterday because of the rain, but as you can see, they worked hard today.

All but the back corner of the basement has been framed.

Today was a BAD weather day!

Greetings!

Today, we have had several showers and tonight we are having some severe weather in the area. In spite of all this, the neighbor kids have had a chance to play on the big dirt pile AND there is more progress on the house. Today some of the basement wall forms were installed. They will finish the install and then pour cement. Exciting!!!

Footer forms are gone...

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The forms for the basement footer have been removed. I didn't get pictures because I don't think you could really see the difference. The forms for the basement walls should be going up tomorrow so I'll get some pictures then. Scott, our builder says we may be framing the house by this time next week. YAY!
If you're interested, I took pictures of some of the kitchen things. Our cabinet choice our counter top and our backsplash.

The gray squares are the backsplash

Here is the counter top

These are our cabinets

Basement is underway

Happy Monday!
Sunday was a no-go but despite the threat of rain, the footers for the basement were poured today.
Tomorrow is supposed to be the best day of this week weather-wise, so we'll see how much gets done.

Here we are, in the hole...

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No blog yesterday because we were spending time with Bridget and Bill, Mike's cousins from Texas. It is always great to see them! (I'm not just saying that because they have access to this blog, either.) :)

We were told they were supposed to frame the basement for the pour on Monday. That hasn't happened, and I don't think it will today. They did dig out a little more. We asked our new neighbor, Todd to take our picture in the hole. He was kind enough to oblige. Everyone, say Hello to Todd. He's in the last picture.

Nothing new to report...

Hello!
I'm just reporting that there is nothing new to report. We still have a hole and it will soon be filled, but I don't have a date yet. I'll report back when we have something! Stay tuned....

Today was a HOLE lotta' fun!

Well, it's official. We have a hole. I did a drive-by on my way to work this morning and saw the heavy equipment at the lot, so I had a feeling this would be the day. Scott, our builder sent me a few more pics throughout the day and I swang by on my way home to get the finished product. I have never been so happy to see a hole in the ground as I was today!!! I think the dogs could have knocked this out in a couple of hours, though...

Day 2 - Still no hole

We do have progress, but there is still no hole in the ground. The digging area is all painted, so we're at the next step. I couldn't show that without a REALLY tall ladder, so no pics today. Well, the best we can hope for is tomorrow...again.

Rain? ...REALLY?

Well, here we are at Monday and there is no hole. Please note the sky. We were told that they didn't dig today because it MIGHT rain. We had clear blue sky all day. They made a little progress, though. There are signs and all utilities are marked. Maybe tomorrow....

Just Getting Started

Hey, All!
We decided to start a blog of the new house progress so everyone can check in on the fun. I will use that term loosely because I'm sure there will be some tension as we go.
Today is Sunday, August 9th. We anticipate that digging will commense on Monday, but we'll see.
We are ready for the process to start! Here is the starting point. First are pictures of the lot. Next are the orange stakes of joy! This is our first sign of progress!