progress

but, man, is it slow...... So this week, we started out with a concrete pour! They came on monday and poured the footings. Then they had to dry a day before they came back and took off the forms.

After that, there was NO activity (AGAIN) until friday, when they came back and started building forms for the foundation. Those are all done now and they'll probably pour again sometime in the middle of the week. Now we're waiting for the inspector.

It's SO frustrating to see some progress and then NOTHING for 2-3 days, because, I'm assuming, the contractors are on another job. I'm not sure exactly when our job becomes the "other job" that they leave their current job to go finish. FRUSTRATING! After this next pour, there will be a bit of time with seemingly not much progress, but this will be a critical step as they will be putting in the infrastructure of plumbing, electrical conduits, and heating system that will go under the slab. It's anticipated that step will take about 3 weeks. (at the rate we're going, 6), and then we're off and running with the SIP walls. Our acquisitions this week included the sun door. I'm going to love waking up to this amazing bedroom door every week! I also spent a bit of time filling out forms for the local gas and electric entity. I have to tell you they don't play well with others and have too many chiefs and their very own strict rules about everything, some necessary, some not. Next week, another concrete pour (keep your fingers crossed), and they'll start filling in the inside of the foundation in preparation for all the other stuff. They'll also dig the holes for the cistern and dry well and possibly start smoothing out the rest of the dirt around the house. Wish us luck!