The Big Move

We visited the site a couple of times over the course of day 23, and each time something else had changed.

We arrived early on day 23 (28th October) to find that after our visit the day before they had raised the garage floor level to be correct and they had put the insulation down AND they had put the heat pipes in.  They had also put down the insulation on the basement floor.

When we came back later that day, about 5 o clock, we found that the garage floor had been poured and there were now heat pipes installed in the basement.

And so to day 24…… not much changed on site today (it was a Saturday so we weren’t really expecting it to).  We did find Terry on site (the excavator driver and guy who did our driveway for us), and he was there to bring in more fill to raise the level around the house.  Its amazing, they dig this really big hole, fill it with house foundations and then when they go to back fill there isn’t enough to fill the hole.  Mind you – the first floor level is a bit higher than the original ground level so that would account for a bit of a loss.

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And so to Day 2….and better weather than the first day.  When we left site yesterday there was a bit of a hole in the ground but still a fair way to go.  We arrived on the build site this morning at around 11.30 to find that in that morning they had finished digging out the basement, set up the frame work to take the concrete for the foundations and were in the process of making the whole thing level – now that’s fast working.  Oh and they had also dug a 5 foot deep trench approximately 80 feet long to take away the drainage water.

It is amazing at how quickly they have progressed.  Yesterday it was a field – today we can start to see the layout of the house 🙂  We only hung around for 10 minutes as we didn’t want the team to think that we were watching their every move (just most of them 🙂 )

At 15.45 we returned to site just to see how things were progressing, and, they were.  There was a cement truck up on site and the foundation had been poured.  We have a very accurate builder working on our house, he informed us that he had only 1 shovel of cement left from the amount that he had ordered – now there’s knowing your trade.

The gravel was being put into the rest of the foundation by Terry (digger driver). Again it was amazing – he managed to pour the gravel out of the huge bucket on the end of the digger onto the exact spot it was required and only cms from the cement that was setting.  Skill!!!!!!

When we left site today the cement was setting and the rest of the foundation was level.  The trench for the drainage pipes had been finished and half backfilled and all were off for a well earned beer, (I am guessing on this last part but I don’t think I am far off)

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