Today they finished up construction of the Crawl Space.
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| Finished Crawl Space |
Next step is to put on a waterproofing coat on the exterior and run drainage pipe around the perimeter. I have ordered the materials and hopefully, I can get started on it tomorrow.
They've been working steadily on the crawl space and almost finished up today.
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| North Wall |
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| South Wall |
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| West Wall |
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| East Wall |
Work continues on the Crawl Space. Hopefully it will be done by the weekend.
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| South Wall |
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| East Wall |
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| North Wall |
Three guys showed up this morning and set-up to erect the crawl space. Lots of leveling and squaring and had it ready in about 3 hours.
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| Crawl Space Layout |
Once that was complete they started laying the block and the walls began to rise.
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| East Wall |
Yesterday the footers got poured. This morning they began laying the cinder blocks into a crawl space
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| Footers |
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| Footers |
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| Footers |
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| Footers |
I also got the municipal water supply hooked up. The water goes to the house and two lawn hydrants; one by my shed & one up the hill in the field where my daughter Keri has her garden.
So, I now have both electricity and water. The last time that happened was in early May of 2021.
The county inspector came and inspected the footer excavation job and gave the go-ahead. I expect that they'll be pouring the footers tomorrow or Monday.
Today I got the delivery of rebar, anchor bolts and cinder blocks. Kind of looks like a crawlspace from Ikea.
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| Cinder Block Delivered |
Today the crew showed up to prepare for pouring the footers. They got it all dug and ready. The building inspector should be here tomorrow or Wednesday to give the OK and then they'll pour cement. After that, the cinder block crawl space.
Since the last post I've gotten a lot done. Finished the spackling and painting and painted the inside of the front door. I picked up a...
