Wrapping up the first floor and starting on second floor
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Southaven - Framing start!
Big week, got the final deliveries, then the ferry shut down and it still managed to rain a little bit every day!
Got the sill plate installed, center beam, i-joists and sub floor all in on day one...
Framing started on Monday, May 13th...
Got the sill plate installed, center beam, i-joists and sub floor all in on day one...
Friday, May 10, 2019
Southaven - Foundation wrap-up
This week we wrapped up the foundation work by pouring a 2-inch skim coat on the crawlspace.
Looking good and ready for framing to start Monday, May 13th!
Monday, May 6, 2019
Southaven - Ground breaking and foundation!
April 29th was the big day to start the 114 Southaven build...
The weather this entire week was absolutely brutal. Probably the worst possible time to be digging a foundation and laying block. Excavation started Monday and the footer was formed and poured Tuesday.
I headed to the island midweek after work but had to stop in Catawba on the way to pick up mortar. You can see the gray rain-filled sky in the background, this was Wednesday, May 1st.
Menards delivered all the block and pipe on Thursday morning. The rain would not stop. We were lucky to get all of this on ONE delivery.
This is the footer and mud situation end of day on Thursday. Still raining
Look at this muddy mess! This is with pumps running to remove water. Nasty.
Friday, Sam came back to the island to prepare the crawlspace with gravel and get the block moved into place for his crew to install the block walls.
Friday night Bonnie, Sophie and Neil came to Kelleys for the weekend. This is then standing where the crawlspace will be!
Sunday morning, Bonnie volunteered to help with the rubberized foundation coating. We wrapped up for the weekend around 2pm. And yes, that is blue sky. The rain finally stopped!
Huge week of step 1 to get the foundation built. As usual, more to come soon!
The weather this entire week was absolutely brutal. Probably the worst possible time to be digging a foundation and laying block. Excavation started Monday and the footer was formed and poured Tuesday.
I headed to the island midweek after work but had to stop in Catawba on the way to pick up mortar. You can see the gray rain-filled sky in the background, this was Wednesday, May 1st.
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| Loading almost a ton of mortar on my truck |
Menards delivered all the block and pipe on Thursday morning. The rain would not stop. We were lucky to get all of this on ONE delivery.
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| Menards block delivery |
Me and Tim installed the drain under the driveway along the street to the main drain.
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| Tim - Bobcat king |
This is the footer and mud situation end of day on Thursday. Still raining
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| Footer - done! |
Look at this muddy mess! This is with pumps running to remove water. Nasty.
Friday, Sam came back to the island to prepare the crawlspace with gravel and get the block moved into place for his crew to install the block walls.
Friday night Bonnie, Sophie and Neil came to Kelleys for the weekend. This is then standing where the crawlspace will be!
Saturday morning, Sam's crew got rolling quick. These guys layed almost 900 block in like 6 hours.
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| Neil was supervising the operation |
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| Crawlspace almost done |
Sunday morning, Bonnie volunteered to help with the rubberized foundation coating. We wrapped up for the weekend around 2pm. And yes, that is blue sky. The rain finally stopped!
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| My girl! |
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| Looking good |
Huge week of step 1 to get the foundation built. As usual, more to come soon!
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