Monday morning, March 5, they were out early and making good progress. The footers were so caved in and such a mess at this point, they kept re-surveying and checking to be sure they were following the new plan. They created a “well” and put …
After a long weather delay, they got back to work on Friday, March 2. They started re-digging the footers and pumping the water out of them. The geotextile fabric and loads of gravel were delivered. What is the fabric? The fabric is Thrace-Linq® 125EX. I …
It is March and they are finally working on our house again! Woo Hoo! The last time they were out there was on January 17th. We got the Engineer’s Excavation Report on January 22nd and gave them an additional check to keep going. We pulled …
It has been so long since we started building, I kinda forgot what the model looks like. I’ve been visualizing the house we are building, which is similar, but mirror reversed. I drove out to walk around it again, spend some time and check out …
It is Sunday, February 4. I woke up to the sound of freezing rain on the skylight. When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, …
So, the engineer has been out to the land and has issued his Excavation Report. We are going to have to put in Engineered Footings. The standard footings are included in the cost of the house. We have to pay extra for anything beyond this. …
The house will have a cement driveway, but they are putting in a construction driveway that will cross the gully to where Cliff will put the barn. The gravel driveway is pretty wide. It’s got a ditch on the right side. It is raised and …
January 15th: I went down to see how things are going. It is wet, muddy and very cold, but they got a lot done. They scraped and leveled the driveway and put in a drainage ditch. They put in two culverts. They dug a trench …
They are working on our footings and foundation today. The contractor came out to dig trenches for frost footings. What should have been one foot is about four feet. They have to keep digging till they get past the mud. They dig. Poke with a …
They started digging the footers today. Around 11:00 the builder called. The grader had called him and said he was not hitting stable ground. He had already gone down as far as is typical, but was hitting soft soil and clay. The first contractor had …
