Fri. 11-21-08 - They were installing the power, phone, cable, etc. when I stopped by at 1:00 pm. These are the guys that will be doing all the electrical work in the house, so we'll see a lot more of them later. The state inspection will be on Monday, and they'll backfill the ditch on Tuesday.
Wed. 11-19-08 - Drove up at 12:45 pm to check things out. They have dug the ditch to run the power from the new box to the house. Picture above I'm standing by the box facing the house. Picture below I'm in the garage facing the box.
Below are 2 nice pictures of our new basement floor. I walked around it and enjoyed the beautiful view and beautiful day.
Tuesday, 11-18-08 - We have a basement slab! Yea! Drove up there today at 12:45 pm and the fellows were putting the finishing touches on the slab. Should be ready to walk around the basement by tomorrow. :)
11-13 & 14-08 was the 4th & 5th day of backfilling. You can see the progress in these 2 pictures. Rex, the concrete man (in green shirt) was checking things out to schedule the concrete truck for Tuesday, 11-18.
Wed, 11-12-08 - Pouring down rain when I went up to the site this morning at 10:30. They were shooting the rocks across the conveyor belt all the way to the other side of the house. I wanted to stay and watch but got drenched and had to leave. :)
Drove by again at 1:30 pm. They are now shooting sand into the basement area. After each truckload, the sand is spread by hand and compacted with the hand operated machine in picture below. It's currently 4:00 pm and the truckloads of sand are still going up Miller Road.
Tuesday, 11-11-08 - I'm standing at our "Front Door" taking above picture. In the picture below the top of the backhoe machine in the center of picture shows where the front door is.
Picture below shows the dirt up against the foundation walls for additional support. This was a requirement of the engineer who designed the steel framing for the cantilevered deck and floor-to-ceiling windows across the view side of the house.
Below just shows the various types of backfill being used. This is the west side of the house.
Monday, 11-10-08 - I've been watching the dump trucks drive by the rental house all morning so drove up the hill at 1:00 pm today to see how things are going. Craig was overseeing the operation and running the dirt compactor. The dump trucks continued their trips until after 4:00 pm.
In the picture above they are dumping on the other side of the garage foundation wall. Below are a couple of shots of the drainage pipes that are going in all across the front/uphill side of the house.
Fri. 11-21-08 - They were installing the power, phone, cable, etc. when I stopped by at 1:00 pm. These are the guys that will be doing all the electrical work in the house, so we'll see a lot more of them later. The state inspection will be on Monday, and they'll backfill the ditch on Tuesday. 
Wed. 11-19-08 - Drove up at 12:45 pm to check things out. They have dug the ditch to run the power from the new box to the house. Picture above I'm standing by the box facing the house. Picture below I'm in the garage facing the box.
Tuesday, 11-18-08 - We have a basement slab! Yea! Drove up there today at 12:45 pm and the fellows were putting the finishing touches on the slab. Should be ready to walk around the basement by tomorrow. :)
Wed, 11-12-08 - Pouring down rain when I went up to the site this morning at 10:30. They were shooting the rocks across the conveyor belt all the way to the other side of the house. I wanted to stay and watch but got drenched and had to leave. :) 
Drove by again at 1:30 pm. They are now shooting sand into the basement area. After each truckload, the sand is spread by hand and compacted with the hand operated machine in picture below. It's currently 4:00 pm and the truckloads of sand are still going up Miller Road.
Tuesday, 11-11-08 - I'm standing at our "Front Door" taking above picture. In the picture below the top of the backhoe machine in the center of picture shows where the front door is.
Picture below shows the dirt up against the foundation walls for additional support. This was a requirement of the engineer who designed the steel framing for the cantilevered deck and floor-to-ceiling windows across the view side of the house.
Monday, 11-10-08 - I've been watching the dump trucks drive by the rental house all morning so drove up the hill at 1:00 pm today to see how things are going. Craig was overseeing the operation and running the dirt compactor. The dump trucks continued their trips until after 4:00 pm.
In the picture above they are dumping on the other side of the garage foundation wall. Below are a couple of shots of the drainage pipes that are going in all across the front/uphill side of the house.
Wed. 11-5-08 - Stopped by the site a 11:30 a.m. They were spraying the waterproof coating on the foundation walls.
Next he installed the moisture barrier on the up-hill side of the foundation.
Another 2-man crew was working on installing the sewer pipe. The picture below shows the very long ditch that was required.
