Peter Armstrong
Around the Corner
Here you can see the last of the form boards going up at the southwest corner of the house. Planning to inspect and pour next week. We...
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Peter Armstrong
Oct 4, 2019
Forming the Walls
Wooden wall forms are beginning to be put in place on top of the footings. It's going to take more than a couple of days to fully form...
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Peter Armstrong
Oct 2, 2019
Forms
While the concrete team continues to build rebar cages, hundreds of forms were delivered and moved into location around the site.
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Peter Armstrong
Oct 1, 2019
Reinforcement
Horizontal steel reinforcing bars (rebar) are being tied to the vertical rebar planted in the footings. It's a long slow process and...
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 24, 2019
Concrete
Right on schedule, the footings were cast on Monday.
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 21, 2019
Ready for the Pour
Footing forms are ready for the concrete pour starting Monday, I hope. Photos 2 and 3 show what will become the north foundation wall of...
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 18, 2019
Siting
I think we should shift it 3 feet to the right. Just kidding.
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 16, 2019
Delivered
Concrete drainage galleries were delivered on Friday. Waiting for excavator's smaller machine to be free so he can get to the rear of...
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 16, 2019
Powered Up
Temp service electrified today. Beats running the noisy generator.
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 16, 2019
Mock-Up
Work continues on the mock-up, with a painter putting final touches on the "interior" wall. Experimenting here with window and door trim...
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 16, 2019
Forming the Footings
Two weeks in and the excavator has finished prepping the house footprint, taking us down to about 2.5 feet on average below proposed...
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Peter Armstrong
Sep 16, 2019
Breaking Ground
It was good to start moving dirt around after 23 months of pacing around an empty lot. Exciting!
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