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!)