We have a foundation!

We got lots done this weekend. The foundation forms came off on Friday morning, so everything is now backfilled and we got the in-slab plumbing in. Looks like the slab will be poured this Thursday or Friday and we'll start framing next weekend. Here's some pics of the work.

It's getting pretty cooooooold!

The foundation walls are scheduled to be poured tomorrow, but here are some pics I took today. This pic is of the foundation footings covered with hay to keep them insulated.
This pic is taken from the far side of the driveway looking at where the house will be. The flat area around the house is where the septic tank and leachbed are. The uphill area to the far right of the foundation is where the ledge is, which will lead up to the high (back) side of the house.
This shows the driveway from the top looking down to the road.
Here's a shot of the foundation footings looking down from the far side of the house (on top of the ledge). This where the back/upper door and yard will be.

More site work pics

Well, we ended up having to blast because we ran into a few spots of ledge. But fortunately, it hasn't slowed down the site work much. As you can see from the pictures, it's really coming along. The large, built-up, flat area immediately to the left of the driveway is where the septic is going and the house will sit beyond that.

PDF of House Plans

I realized that something got messed up with the house plan pictures in a previous post, so that you aren't able enlarge them enough to make them viewable. So I'm posting a link to a pdf file of our plans. Have fun!

Download Engert House Plans.pdf

Day Two of Excavation

This seeming disaster is the most beautiful thing I have seen in a long time!! It's so nice to see all of our hard work finally coming to fruition. The house will sit to the left of the excavator in the last picture. We have a partial driveway and a lot of trees have come down. Met with the concrete guy this morning and we'll have a foundation poured next week. Hard to believe! I can't wait to see it and walk on it, I'll probably cry! So far no hiccups although we will not be able to have our water hooked up until May 1st but that should work out just fine. We're psyched!!

Finally the day has come

Well, on Wednesday we got to meet with the Eastman Environmental Control Committee and their engineer to talk over the plans and walk the lot. And believe it or not, they gave us final approval.

So...the exciting news of today was that the site work started. It's so exciting to finally have things happening after so much planning and waiting. Now we're just hoping not to run into ledge and to get the foundation in before it gets too cold. But God has been so wonderfully faithful so far, so we have no reason to doubt his provision and timing.