The house started at last... Monday October 27th 2008
Bigger versions of the pictures can be seen if you click on the thumbnails.
The excavators turn up
The excavators turn over the first sod
The basement excavation starts
The boss makin' sure everything is to her specs.
End of the day and the excavation is well under way
Afterwards; getting the septic drainfield finished and ready for inspection
Coupling the easyflo units
Finished & ready for backfilling
DAY 2: The model version
The calm before the work
Later; the garage basement down to grade
House basement almost finished excavation
Our pickup and trailer after delivering the formwork timber [lumber] and sewer and drain pipes, next to our new low road round the bottom of the house. I like and will get them to consolidate and use it to get around the low side. it was built mostly for getting the septic tank in tomorrow.
But it got in successfully and then had to reverse 300 ft [90 m] along a 16 ft [a little less than 6 m] wide driveway
The footings were nearly ready; the forms are something called "fast-foot", just need the rebar and concrete ! http://www.fab-form.com/products/fastfoot/fastfoot.html It also helps stop rising dampness by providing a wicking break between the footing concrete and the damp ground.
The septic tank was in, and the drainfield backfilled... E had a very productive day !
The walls were delivered [that was what was in the truck]; Polysteel styrofoam "Insulated Concrete Forms" [ICF]. These are stacked and concrete and rebar goes in the gaps in the middle and the styrofoam, rebar, & concrete make the walls.
These shots are from another site of the ICF blocks in the process of being stacked and filled with concrete.
