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| grade stamp on a "re-purposed" wood beam |
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| rebar detail |
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| Ledger boards staged for lift off [lift up] |
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| pre-ledger boards: cutting windows for anchor bolt placement [these will be full of concrete] |
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| more anchor bolt windows |
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| and more |
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| and more |
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| even more |
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| First ledger board goes up |
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| concrete day again: just as crazy as ever |
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| big machines |
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| happy to be pounding the house [to make the concrete settle inside the forms] |
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| just hanging around [actually checking anchor bolts] |
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| big machines |
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| Miss general contractor has a word to say! Not sure what Kurt is about to do with the hammer. |
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| more foundations |
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| our help - without which we'd be much poorer |
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| YES! right here... |
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| big machine parked on out turnaround |
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| t'other side |
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| milling the beams |
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| 3 at once |
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| great place to do it |
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| planning |
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| planning - wide view |
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| double checking |
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| and again |
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| getting the formwork bracing off is no easy task - just hanging around, AGAIN! |
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| yes; they are full of it [concrete that is] |
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| finishing touches while the scaffolds are still there |
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| so we remember where to put the scaffolding on the next floor |
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| Wow! No scaffolding - a whole new look |
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| Really different : you see the concrete in the windows where a temporary ledger was removed |
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| another view of the interior - in the entry way, mud room to right near stair well, kitchen to left. The room with all the beams is where the floor is stepped down and has the big window with the view. |
