Overheard on the Jobsite

"Plausible deniability is not a phrase you want to be hearing on your jobsite."

Appearances

Street View

It is certainly about time we show you the building's appearance.

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Dirt Everywhere

Dirt piles hide the deep trenches.  On the slab you can see the saw-cut control joints, and the blotchy drying out of the slab. (It won't look like that in the end).

The site was so neatly graded and clean for the 4th of July weekend.
Now it is CHAOS.

The decision was made to delay framing for the time being, and to get much of the remaining sub-grade piping into place.  This means trenches everywhere.

The Wettest Slab

Oooh! A dry spot! Get the hose!

Our neighbors probably think we have a screw loose.

We have been watering our concrete slab day and night for a week.

Overheard at the Job Site

"How was the futsal game last Friday?"
"...We got destroyed."

New Fence

East Fence & Retaining Wall

Lisa & I completed the new fence on our East property line this weekend.

Slab Happy

Reflection Pond

The concrete pour for the house slabs went down today.  Looking good!

Got a very early start to beat the heat.  Slab was down and set enough to spray with water before the heat arrived. 

Concrete Pour: Garage Slab, Retaining Wall, & Column Footings

How did those trucks get up the driveway?

The first of two back-to-back days of concrete.  My poor neighbors.  6:30 am and these rigs are sitting outside their windows with giant diesel engines chugging.  We need to do something nice for them.

Radiant Tubing

Temporary Coupling for Pressurization

Radiant Tubing is installed.

Ready for Radiant Tubes

Fluorescent Floor Plan

Tomorrow the radiant tubing is installed, to be cast into the concrete slab.  Concrete pour is scheduled for Monday (edit: now Tuesday, thanks Mother Nature).

More Soakage Trench

A Lisa-Deep Trench

The soakage trench diagram from the "Drainage" post earlier seems reasonable enough in concept.  But when you translate that into reality the result is kind of stunning.

This trench is enormous. 

Overheard on the Jobsite

"Good work...some of you!"