Taking shape

The kids and I were able to go out and see the progress on the new house today. With the exterior walls going up, you can see the house from the street as you drive up. It also helps that the giant piles of dirt from the excavation are almost gone as most of it is back in the hole that was left around the house. Carl took me around and pointed out some details like where the dryer exhaust vent is and where the air conditioner will be. There's a long way to go yet, but our new home is taking shape!

House Progress!

There's been some progress on the new house since my last post showing the basement excavation.  After a few more revisions, we finalized the plans with our home designer and have the final construction drawings.    While that was happening, Carl and his dad laid out the house footings, laid out and installed basement plumbing, filled in the floor with gravel, and poured the concrete for the footings.  The designer told Carl he was quite enjoying this experience as he had never designed a home WHILE it was being built!  The ICF (insulated concrete form) blocks for the exterior walls should be arriving today or tomorrow and the work of building the walls will begin.  It is so exciting to see our future home starting to take shape!!

Staking out the location of the footings

Basement plumbing (bathroom, laundry room, utility room)

Filling in with gravel

Box seats for the gravel and concrete pouring

Gravel and concrete complete

Blue lines show placement for ICF blocks