Sound Footing...

The footings were completed yesterday, and the water hookup was run to the mechanical room in the basement. It took me a little while to figure out what all the footings were for. I was expecting just an outline of the house, but there was one running front-to-back through the center of the house and three right next to each other on one side of the house. Eventually, after a phone call or two to my dad, I realized that the one bisecting the basement was for a supporting wall that will hold the first floor up, and the three off to one side are to support the stairs...3 flights of the darn things!

Carol snapped some pretty cool pictures of them working on the footings...complete with the concrete pumping truck. Wish I could have been there!



Also, I stopped by the site this morning on the way to work because I saw a truck from the concrete company parked out front. They are finishing the prep on the footings today and are having the forms delivered today as well. He thought they would probably pour the walls tomorrow (Thursday) and possibly remove the forms by Friday! Soon after that, they'll waterproof the walls. Then, as early as the end of next week (the 15th) they could potentially insulate and backfill. Holy cow this is going fast - everyone tells us that this part goes fast and is really exciting - something new everyday. We're already mentally preparing ourselves for the slowdown that will inevitably come when the details start to happen inside. Below is a diagram Rich - our builder - gave us which gauges the progress of the build against the emotional state of the owner. Funny...but frighteningly accurate!