Tom helped us build the forms last week, and last Saturday Dad, Jeremy, Peter, and I braced the forms and tried to get enough sand in the middle (underneath the middle of the slab). With all the wet weather lately, it was a chore to keep the sand dry enough to be useful, but we were finally finished with it a few nights ago.
Tuesday night we compacted the sand and laid down the insulating foam which will (hopefully) keep our heating bills lower in the winter.
Yesterday Tom and Debbie came up and tied the rebar (a really tough job – lots of bending and sore hands) together to form the mesh around the footing. Today Peter, Tom, and Dad are laying the in-floor heat pipe and tomorrow we pour. Yippee! Seems like a long time to get here, but it will be worth it when we walk on our warm floor next winter.
Monday is the day we start framing officially, so if you can keep us and everyone else who is up in your prayers that would be great. We really don’t want any injuries during this process, and it would be nice to stay somewhat on schedule. If all goes well, in a little over 2 weeks we should have a roof on and windows and doors installed J We should also be ready to receive our first draw of money, which will enable us to pay off all the debt we’re incurring. Overall, it should be a very full next few weeks.
I’ll try to keep updated as much as possible.
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