Day 15 - Cinder Blocks

Today I came home from work to some rainy weather but that didn't stop the guys from starting the block and mortar of the basement.  I love being unexpectedly happy.

 

Day 14 - Blocks Delivered

Today we came to huge piles of cinder blocks.  We had some fun exploring.  Very exciting to start seeing it come together.  After reading others blogs about waiting for crews, we don't seem to be having that problem.

 

Coco decided she should be the first to christen the new house so I picked it up 

Day 13 - Footers Poured

Great day today as the footers were poured.  Our FM noted that we should we should be laying block by the end of the week.

I asked if he thought that this will effect our move-in date or if they could catch up.  This was the first time I've brought this up and wasn't sure how he would respond.  He responded with a typical project manager response (did I mention that I'm a Project Manger by trade in mostly IT?): "It's hard to estimate the closing date until waterproofed. Our guaranteed completion date is based upon completion of the foundation (after waterproofing). (110 days). As we get into drywall I can give you a better closing date."

I appreciate him continuing to set the expectations with us and adjusting them as necessary.  He's kind a quiet guy but knows how to get things done.

Day 9 - Not as expected

Masons got caught up with another job and couldn't come out today.  Footers moved to Monday 8/24.

Day 8 - Stuff figured out

As expected we had a mixup of the Topo's.  For some reason the latest certified Topo showed a 12 course basement although our contract clearly states a 13 course basement.  Our FM worked it out with the city and they passed our inspection.  We are scheduled to pour Friday 8/21.  Loos like they did some more prep work as well.

I just couldn't help myself

Standing in my new garage

Scary view

Day 7 - First Bad News

Today was the first day of bad news.  My Field Manager (Zach) called me this morning stating that the city came and shut us down as the whole seemed too deep.  They required that a licensed surveyor come out and certify before the footers were poured.  We think that it's a case of mismatched versions of our Topo diagram that was submitted to the city.  When I came home I headed over to Kinkos to make him 3 more copies of the latest approved Topo.

Check out the sump pump

Day 6 - More Stone & Footers?

More stone put in per the pictures in preparation for the footer scheduled to be poured tomorrow.

From the front

 

From the left looking Northeast

From the left looking Southeast

From the left looking directly East (new home of our porch then garage farther back)

Picture from front left corner of the house looking Northwest

That's going to be a big basement

Back-right corner looking Northwest

The wife found a couch she liked (I'm not a fan of leather)