I've decided to share what is going on in our lives. It started in July. Right after the 4th.
We are building a house!
I think I have taken over 200 pictures already and so this is just a teeny tiny peek at them but here goes.
It might have been July but the weather seemed more like spring. But a little misty rain didn't detour the big equipment doing the job of digging the basement.
And we have a hole in the ground! Even that was exciting.
I'm not showing each and every step because this could take all day but this is the footings.
The basement floor is going to be heated and these are the hoses needed for that. Cool looking, hunh?
And they pour the cement right over the top of the hoses. I sure hope none of them ever break!
And we saw this cool contraption several times over the course of getting all the cement poured. It is called a pumper truck. The cement truck backs up to it, unloads into it and then the cement is pumped to exactly where it is needed.
Here is a shot of the foundation being poured. The guy in the yellow green shirt is controlling the pumper truck with a contol box that hangs from his waist. It was extremely fun watching the process.
We are building a house!
I think I have taken over 200 pictures already and so this is just a teeny tiny peek at them but here goes.
It might have been July but the weather seemed more like spring. But a little misty rain didn't detour the big equipment doing the job of digging the basement.
And we have a hole in the ground! Even that was exciting.
I'm not showing each and every step because this could take all day but this is the footings.
The basement floor is going to be heated and these are the hoses needed for that. Cool looking, hunh?
And they pour the cement right over the top of the hoses. I sure hope none of them ever break!
And we saw this cool contraption several times over the course of getting all the cement poured. It is called a pumper truck. The cement truck backs up to it, unloads into it and then the cement is pumped to exactly where it is needed.
Here is a shot of the foundation being poured. The guy in the yellow green shirt is controlling the pumper truck with a contol box that hangs from his waist. It was extremely fun watching the process. The pumper truck was here many times and each one was a hoot.
And here he is again. This was the last time...for now. I'm thinking he'll be back again when the patio and sidewalk gets done next summer.
And here are the steps into the basement. Come on down and take a look around.
The bedrooms and mechanical rooms are over here.
And this is big open space could be anything from a family room to wherever our imagination leads us.
And here he is again. This was the last time...for now. I'm thinking he'll be back again when the patio and sidewalk gets done next summer.
And here are the steps into the basement. Come on down and take a look around.
The bedrooms and mechanical rooms are over here.
And this is big open space could be anything from a family room to wherever our imagination leads us.We hadn't planned on doing anything with the basement. Just using it for storage. But....after seeing how it turned out, I'm thinking something will be done with it eventually.
So this is the 1st installment on our house building project. I'll be posting again, on occasion.
