Garage and Basement floors-8/20

The basement floors were another aspect that when poured we just had to see in action. We could have watched this process all day long, though I am not sure how anyone could work in that heat! The trucks started rolling in at nine (after getting lost for 45 minutes) and they immediately started working on the basement floor first since it required a lot of man power.

Once the concrete was poured in the basement, they moved up to our garage. The last truck was one yard short so an additional truck had to immediately come and pour the front corner of the garage.

 

As you can see, the  end results are beautiful.

We thought we would let N put his hand prints in the corner of the garage , but the front corner was still pretty wet at the point when we needed to leave so while no one else might easily recognize them as hand prints, we'll always remember when and have a nice story to tell.

 

Water proofing, rough in plumbing, & steel beams

 After our beautiful foundation walls were finished, it was time to protect them. A moisture barrier (basically, tar) was placed on any perimeter that would eventually be covered with dirt.

At the same time, the plumbing started to take shape with the rough-ins underneath the soon- to- be- poured basement floor being put in place.

Also, the steel beams were brought in and correctly set to set up for the first floor and support of the house. 

All of this was done fairly quickly and to our amazement, fairly smoothly.

Pouring the Foundation Walls

So the day finally came where we were able to pour our foundation walls and really get an idea of what this house will look like.  They were calling for a chance of rain, and while there was plenty of humidity in the air, the rain held off, luckily all day long.

There was a bit more concrete than was originally intended, but 16 loads later, they were finished pouring and done by noon.  Of course when you begin your day at 6am....you deserve a break by noon!

A day later we were able to start seeing the finished product.

We were pretty excited to finally see the walls of our house.

Wall Forms- Foundation (part 3)

The wall forms took a little less than two weeks to place. With twelve foot walls in the back and several turns and corners, more panels had to be rented. Needless to say Sure Foundations had their work cut out for them. They did a great job.

 

Forming and putting in the Footers