Just a quick update on the house building project.

Since I last posted that we had accepted the bid pricing, a lot has happened.

- We had the closing on our construction loan. Now our contractor will be ready to turn in receipts for reimbursement. This was really the final step before we could really get started.

- The next step was to stake out the house and have the hole for the basement dug. We were expecting to see a very large hole, but were surprised that it was only about five feet deep at the deepest point. The back side is a walk-out basement so we were expecting zero depth there. But we need to add some fill dirt in front of the house to level out the yard a little bit. That's the reason for the "shallow" hole.



- Next, the spread footings were formed and poured. For those who don't know, the footings are poured below the frost line and are what the basement walls and internal load-bearing walls will be built on.



- Basement walls were then formed and poured. The walk-out side will all be stick-built (i.e. framed out of wood) so there wasn't much wall there.



- Then the waste pipe was laid which will lead to the septic system. Also, the lines for the geothermal heating and cooling unit were brought into the basement. These all need to be in before the basement floor is poured.



Now, the basement, garage, and all trenches are being back-filled with soil and sand. Soon, the basement floor will be poured, so things are progressing well. Tonight we have a meeting at the building center to pick out all our windows and other things. These need to be picked out so that the framers can start framing in the next couple weeks.

Will report more when I have it.