Construction as of July 16th

Forms went up for the basement walls. Cement arrived and managed to stay in the foam like lego type forms...it is amazing what they held! The walls are solid and level and gravel has been poured for under the foundation. Pipes are beginning to be laid for plumbing and tomorrow they will blast thru the basement wall to put in the connecting door.


The Front of the house was covered in uncut stone with heavy grout. It was really poorly put together. It all came down...with much sweat from the men and much NOISE! They had to demolish it with sledge hammers and drills. Here is the front house the next day. Window cut out for the new entry to be readied. The more they tore out the more they found wrong with the existing wall. By the time they left this hole had extended even further north on the wall. It is still currently only boarded up. They will be framing in the new window and then giving us some new drywall inside, hopefully tomorrow. The new entry will remain baorded up until the exterior is built up some more.

It is so awesome to see each step come togther. Minus the construction dust...I could do without that all together. It will all be worth it in the end! God has been so good to all of us...no injuries to the crew and no real setbacks at this point! We have even had a few things come in under budget already!