We Have Walls and Snow...

Last week the concrete basement walls were poured and then the snow returned. I don't think we have to worry about our concrete setting too quickly in this kind of weather. It's pretty exciting to see the defined space even if it is still open to the snow. Next steps are to set the window wells, dig out for the floor, get the plumbing roughed in, and backfill against the walls.

Concrete Forms Getting Placed

I'm continually surprised as to how long construction takes. You see a shopping mall go up in what seems like a week, but I guess it would feel differently if you lived there. We are a month into the construction of this addition and we now have foundation footings. The silver lining here is that the longer it takes the more time we have to save some extra money to actually insulate the box we're going to be left with! Over the last two days we have had a crew out placing the basement wall forms, and today the first ones have been set. It looks like all the materials are here to set the rest of them so we may be ready to pour in the next couple of days.