Shiloh

There is nothing more important than your foundation. The right foundation makes building the house much easier. Our contractor did an excellent job and my next post will talk about how we set the first log on the foundation. In measuring to put the log in place it turns out that our rebar was placed in the same location on each pier block within 1/8th of an inch over a stretch of five pier blocks (one wall) and 32 feet. What a great job!

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26th and 27th our foundation contractor began by setting up batter boards and put up line to mark off the foundation area. A bobcat was used to dig the holes for the form.

The forms we built were then placed and leveled

Here is what it looked like after:

The building inspector stopped by and inspected the forms on Friday, the 29th. We passed inspection with flying colors!!

Friday the 29th it began raining in the afternoon and rained all night. My contractor wasn’t concerned about it, but it turned the work area into a mud wrestling area.

Last Saturday the concrete was poured. The biggest issue was the 5″ deep ruts the concrete trucks left in the driveway:

Last Tuesday they removed the forms with the Bobcat and a lot of grunt work and “rubbed” the sides of the pier blocks to smooth them out.

Finally, today they finished up by leveling the dirt and tamping it flat.