Basement Walls Are UP!

The Basement Walls are Up!

Well, week 1 has been a busy one for sure! After removing the footings were finished on Tuesday, TKO returned early Wednesday Morning & began setting the forms for the basement walls. In just 3 hours, the forms & rebar were set & the crew were waiting for the inspection before continuing. He came around 11:30 and the first concrete truck from Desert Rock arrived at noon! When it was all said & done, there were 6 trucks (if my count is accurate) that came perfectly in sync. Most times, there were 2 trucks at once with a crew of 8 working. It was so cool to watch! They were finished by 4:00-4:30, job site cleaned up & looking nice.

Thursday Morning: Another early arrival (7:30AM) and the forms were removed from the beautiful walls! Inspector tells me "they're dead on! look great!" and by 10AM, job site is cleaned up & TKO is onto another project. Sam arrives & marks out the lines for the water-proofing. Mark Bishop & Kaleb Washburn meet Darren & I at the Sunrise office to get some paperwork signed & filed. (How nice of them to drive it to US!)

Friday Morning: Water-proofing is by Rocky Mountain Roofing. Big Johns Plumbing does the Rough-in for the plumbing & septic tank. As they leave at 10:30 Big John tells me "See ya in 2 weeks!". Boy, that really shocked me! We are moving along!

One more thing: I have been so impressed with the effeciency and accuracy of these workers. I'll let Darren tell you about his engineering instincts taking over! haha (psst: it has to do with measuring everything out after they leave & being pleasantly surprised that it was right on the money!)

NEXT UP: Backfilling on Monday! (And a major surprise on Thursday!)

Footings

So Tuesday Morning started out bright & early! The first trucks started pulling in around 8AM & they got right to work setting up the forms to set the footings.

They were finished with that around 11:00AM. I was actually really surprised at how fast they worked. Darren came home around 11:45 and we took a few photos while we waited for the inspector to come. Mr. Matt-Inspector-Man came around 12:15....

AT 12:35 THIS BIG GUY SHOWED UP!!!
(another one came later, but I didn't get out to take more pictures)

The guys worked really fast & the cement trucks were gone by 3:15, the forms came off about 90 minutes later & last night when we got home from the soccer games, this is what we found:

OUR FOOTINGS ARE POURED & SET!!!
Perfectly set & right on the money!

These pictures were actually taken this morning, but I have to say that it was so much fun to walk around last night, flashlight in hand, and just check it all out. I still can't believe this is really the beginnings of OUR HOUSE!!! I'd tell you to pinch me to make sure I'm not dreaming, but I'm a wimp & I don't like being pinched! LOL

Speaking of Dreaming.....
A little picture showing BEAUTY, BRAINS & BRAWN

(Isn't that Camaro Gorgeous! haha)