Are you ready to begin this journey
called building a house with me? If you're not, feel free to tune out;
if you are, welcome aboard!
I'm going to give you all a little sneak-behind-the-scenes peek at how it's done! Pictures don't really capture the intricacies, and definitely downplay the true size and scale of the project, but they'll have to suffice for now!
I'm going to give you all a little sneak-behind-the-scenes peek at how it's done! Pictures don't really capture the intricacies, and definitely downplay the true size and scale of the project, but they'll have to suffice for now!
TAKE 1: FIRST PHASE OF FOUNDATION
(Btw, a few steps have been skipped purely out of lack of interest on my part... figured if it was boring to me, it would be to you too.)
A side profile view of the basement (left) and the front of the house/first level (right)
View of the front (L) corner of the house looking across and back at basement
At this point, you are looking at the block walls of the foundation. The land had to be cleared and excavated, and footings were then dug. Rebar reinforcements were placed in the footings, and the footings were then poured solid with cement. What you see in the above photos is the phase that followed. Cement block (rebar reinforced) walls and piers (those gray columns sticking up in the basement) were installed along and within the footings, and cement was poured into each opening in the top of the block walls for support. The foundation was then "water proofed", inspected, and back-filled.
Coming Soon: TAKE 2: Framing... the house will LOOK like a house. :)
