At the beginning of the week, we had some footings and a foundation frame. Then we had to wait for the inspector, and wait......and wait........Finally, on wed., everything shook loose. The inspector showed up, as well as the full foundation crew. The forms were inspected and finished, and, about 3pm or so, a giant concrete truck and pumper drove up.
They poured all the forms FULL, and then left for it to dry.
Thursday, everyone came back to remove the forms. (we set a record for rain that day. YUCK), and we were left with the foundation walls. We're a little unsure here, because the foundation is so TALL. We keep telling ourselves that they know what they're doing and it'll all work out, but......it'll be interesting to see HOW it all works out.
The next step will be to backfill the foundation, and then the plumber and electrician will come in to do the infrastructure work that goes under the slab, then they'll fill that with sand, and the floor heat will go in, THEN, another pour and we're off and running. This phase is expected to take about 3 weeks and hopefully will start on monday. (fingers crossed!)
We also took the time yesterday to finalize some details. We met with the door guy and upgraded the interior doors to single panel shaker wood doors. The original ones had been very "apartment complex", and well, just weren't very nice. We also took him the template for the doggie door and made a few minor changes here and there. A square lockset for the entry door to match the windows, a flat panel on the doggie door......
After that meeting we went shopping for lighting. We found an awesome, huge fixture for the entry that was priced very reasonably. No pics, just a giant box.
My tile samples came too....I'm still working this one out.
What do you think? For the kitchen backsplash.......
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