A Week of Excitement

Pouring footings for garage

Garage footings awaiting the blocks.

Holly, inspecting the new garage.

Garage, awaiting cement.

Pouring of garage floor.

Garage foundation complete; pea-stone put into crawl

Floor is poured, now the fun begins.

The guys used this "buffing" machine several times.

Conduit where utilities will be run.

Sole plates and insulation on Thursday.

View of crawl space, they say it will be a clean crawl.

Another load of dirt.

Each time we returned home this week, there was visible progress.  A beautiful week all around.  Monday the footings were poured for the garage and the bricks were laid for its foundation. 

Tuesday the garage was readied for the floor, the foundations were backfilled and the garage floor was poured.  The team used a large machine (much like a buffer) and went over the cement floor several times, using different paddles at each step. The worry for that night was not the weather, but the deer that might run accross the cement.  All went well and there are no hoof prints in our floor.

While I was at work the pea stone was delivered; hearing later that it was quite loud and interesting watching a machine shoot small pebbles while being directed to the spot.  Just imagine not too many years ago when the guys would have had to shovel and haul all that pea stone. Wednesday evening saw a three foot deep trench which ran from the utility pole to the edge of our house.  Sometime next week, our utility cables will be rerouted underground.  Much to the neighbors' disappointment the crew left a bit early, to get a start on another job.

Today, the sole plates were put in and the insulation to the crawl space was installed.  See the vents for the crawl space.  The cool thing about them is they automatically open and close triggered by the outside temperature.  Whew, I thought we would have to crawl in there and do that.  The workers told me it was a very "clean" crawl.  No thanks.  The masons returned in the afternoon, filling the trench and getting the first section of the driveway ready for concrete. This evening, another load of fill was delivered for the driveway.

The mornings are downright cold now and days a bit chilly.  Might have to get out the "party" coffee pot out for the crew.

Stay Curious,

Cindy