June 10, 2014
Power and Deck
It seems a little premature, but Anne ordered today the Electricity and Natural Gas. We’re not sure where the gas will “be plugged into” but as we see in the photo, the electrical box is ready to receive from ComEd the meter. For reference, this is located on the wall of the master bathroom. We also […]
June 2, 2014
Dropping In
Today we visited the site with our good friend Madeline Sefton…who was photographed showing off her amazing balance, agility and courage. You see, our plan was to first hop to the garage mound and then trek along the foundation top to the window well on the south side. A good plan…failed. We had to drawbridge our […]
May 30, 2014
Floored!
Those concrete guys can really work fast. I showed up at the work-site at 8:45am after they had been at it for only (since 7:00am) and as we can see…they were nearly finished with the pour! Of course, with no ladder immediately visible and that they had literally worked themselves into a corner I wondered […]
May 29, 2014
Laying the Pipe
The plumbers showed up this week with their shovels, plastic pipe and a pump. After digging in the hot sun (welcome, hot sun!) trenches to hold the pipes that will become the drains/ H2O supplies for the basement…the plumbers pumped out the accumulated rain water that had settled beneath the stones. After this important step, […]
May 26, 2014
We Have Walls
What else can be said? The foundation walls are up and, although not captured in these photos, waterproofed. The waterproof guy was actually working on Friday night and Saturday morning. We sure like how Rick gets his contractors motivated to work a little extra when the rain sets them off the pace.
May 21, 2014
Foundation Poured
I dropped by the site on the way to work and saw the first of the cement trucks. One of the guys was directing traffic around the street, (the girls were told to turn off when they drove by on their way to school) and the boom truck was extended about 75 feet to the […]
May 20, 2014
Good Form, Sir
Thanks to Al and his Concrete Crew we now have the forms in place for what will become the foundation walls. I was hoping to get an interior shot but there was no way to climb over the forms – and with them being 9 feet tall I couldn’t make the jump. We expect the concrete […]
May 12, 2014
Foundation Footings / Storm Beaters
We weren’t scheduled to get the footings in until Tuesday (May 13) but because of weekend rain, the contractor’s other project was inaccessible by the cement conveyor truck. One client’s loss turned out to be our gain…as Al + Crew brought the hardware to our site and got to work. I stopped by at lunch where […]
May 11, 2014
Footing Forms
What could be better than seeing a crew working on a Saturday morning? Anne and I stopped during our walk to meet Al Stanalus and his team of concrete professionals while they were measuring and installing the forms that will ultimately cast the concrete footings upon which the foundation walls will be built. It’s kind of […]
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