Lovin' us some concrete

Week 2 came to a close and onto week 3. The weather has been rough, so a little slow going at this point. Last week came the gravel and they dug out the sump pump.

 

A couple days later, came out to see the frame being put up!

 

 

Fortunately, we had a few days where the weather cooperated and they got the walls poured.

 

Yesterday, we climbed down into the basement and layed out the finished basement. The builder measured out where the stairs, the bathroom, etc would be so we could get a visual of sorts. After we layed out my initial plan, I decided that I did not like it and we completely redesigned everything on the spot. We found a much better layout in the basement that will allow it to be more open instead of chopped up. We are glad we climbed down and marked everything out with him instead of just going off of paper because it helped a ton. He had the walls water sealed today and the plumbing in the basement will go in tomorrow. Then, when we can get a string of dry days (and once we get the next money draw squared away), he can pour the basement and garage floors and start framing. He said he expects to start framing in 1.5-2 weeks.

 

That's all for now! And congrats to another blogger, Amy, and her family for completing their home and moving in this past week! Check their blog out at http://lot23blog.blogspot.com/ if you are looking for more insight into the building process. It has helped me out along the way so far!