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We went by the property yesterday to do a few things. My wife took a couple of panoramic shots. Next week begins preparations for footings, foundation and rough-ins.
Cleared "pasture" area in the back of the property.
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Standing on the pad looking mostly east to what will be the "backyard"
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Went to the property yesterday and checked on some things. The layout for the footings and house are done and they begin the footing work next week.
Got a couple decent pics on the cam in the deer area in the back, as well.
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We had some additional dirt work done for drainage before final layout and placement of the house. There will be additional dirt moved around and the final grade will finalize the look, but the rough grading and drainage is complete.
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The layout is complete and the trenches are dug for the footings. This next week should finalize everything for the footings and piers, and get them poured.
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That's looking great, I know you are excited to see the new homestead coming along!
Thanks. Definitely!
The steel is in the footing and the pier holes. Inspection happened yesterday and there are still some concerns about drainage and the "creek" just north of the house pad. We're going to have to address that before they will let us proceed any further. Here are some pictures of the footing trenches with the steel in place. You can see the holes for the piers pretty easily in the pics.
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Very interresting thread, I was wondering how you build houses in the USA. Will it be a wood house ?
Do you have plans of it ?
So, we worked with the local fire department to plan for a controlled burn of everything in that drainage creek. We were trying to get something scheduled for Saturday morning, but they didn't seem to have people available. We were headed out the to property to put up our deer stand Saturday morning and got a call from the fire chief...they burned for us Friday evening. Now that we have that done, we can move some dirt and address the drainage issue the city wants addressed. We were bummed we didn't get to see the fire in person, but they did post a picture to their FB page.
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During the burn.
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Thanks...yes it will be wood construction as far as the wall framing is concerned. The plans are on the first page of this thread.Quote:
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Good idea to have them help. We had a really big fire here after the driveway was cleared. Would have been nice to have some help like that. Kinda stinks you have such a mess to deal with...half burnt logs, etc. I'm surprised they left it smoldering at all. They need some...training, lol.
How will you get rid of the rest of the pile?
We're planning to cut it up a little smaller and bury it. We want to fill in that creek area and cut a drainage ditch to the north, until it gets far enough east, then direct it back to the natural low area/creek. See this pic...the highlighted is where we burned, the red is the low areas of the existing "creek" and the blue is what we would cut new. Anything to the west (left) of where the blue meets the red would be filled in and sort of leveled.
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Well, after some delays with our town and needing to go before the planning commission, we finally have been able to proceed. We got the footings poured, finally, and things should progress quickly on getting the stem wall and slab done over the next week or so. Here are a couple updated pictures of the footings. It took 54 yards of concrete for the footings and piers. We're definitely looking forward to being able to progress more quickly from here on out.
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The forms are up for the stem walls and being poured in a couple hours.
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Went up to the property to see the progress this evening. It is shaping up nicely and the stem wall looks good. If all goes well, the slab will be poured next Wednesday.
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Checked the deer cam again and saw some good activity again, including a small buck and this one.
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Took this picture Saturday, from the road to our south. It gives a nice perspective of the layout from a little further away.
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Plumbing is done and got inspected today, so they just need to finish prepping for the slab at this point. It looks like slab pour probably won't be until Monday.
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More progress. Sand and steel is in and they are almost ready to pour the slab.
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Okie,
You may have covered this...are you staining or polishing the concrete?
We're actually just doing a natural smooth finish like you would see in Home Depot. They just run the power trowel for many hours and many passes rather than just the normal pass or two.
The slab is poured and machine finished. It took them quite a while to get it right, especially with our cooler temperatures right now. It turned out good and we're excited for the next phase.
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looks to be coming along nicely.....
So, not a whole lot has happened since the slab pour, other than getting a few tasks done and getting ready for the framers. The slab has set up well and it has been interesting to watch the changes as it cures. The process of machine finishing to this level is pretty cool and it goes through some amazing changes. We're definitely seeing more motteling (sp?) and pattern/color variation as it cures. This week, they got the septic system in, drilled the well and got the temp power pole in place. The build package is set to be delivered mid week and framing should start late in the week. We're really looking forward to this stage and seeing the house really take shape.
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We managed to increase our firewood stash this last week as ice storms hit the are we live now. Many trees throughout the neighborhood fell victim to the ice storm and had to be cut down, including two of my neighbors' trees.
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Framing has begun. After getting all the concrete finalized and looking at the plans, it was looking like our garage was not going to be as tall (doors and ceilings) as was planned. The slab of the garage was actually partially up off grade and we didn't go as high on the stem was as the plans. To stick with the taller ceilings in the garage and to do 10' tall doors, we had to raise the rood over the garage, so it will transition right there to a few feet higher. We're interested to see how it ends up looking...we've looked around at other houses that transition higher in the garage area and it is a pretty cool look.
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So, we went to look at the progress and as we were looking around, we noticed this...no drain flange/pipe for the toilet in the hall bath. We panicked and wondered how it could be fixed. Then, we looked back at the earlier pics and realized the drain is there, it just must be lower than the finished concrete level, so they will just have to chip that away to get to it. Phew!
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Things are progressing well...all the walls are up and set...nw it's time for ceiling joists and roof framing.
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