The title really says it all, I haven't actually witnessed the action yet since the truck was in the shop again for maintenance so I had no transportation. I suppose I could have ridden the bus, but my trip to Trader Joe's with the kids via the Max was adventure enough for me today. I was told there is basically a big hole in the ground (and lots of giant rocks) and one more day of digging. I'll drive by tomorrow to take a look and hopefully take some pictures.
From here the foundation will be starting soon. I don't have a copy of our schedule (not important enough) but I think it's supposed to take around 2 weeks for foundation, which will be all basement walls and also more or less finished basement floor. The basement floor will be heated with hydronic heat so the tubing will be laid for that somewhere in there.
Steve says that with delays for inspections (doh!) framing is not scheduled to start until Oct 31, which seems fitting somehow. Still, despite delays, we have started! It seemed like this day might never arrive....
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Still no digging
It is now September 5th and no digging has commenced. I've been told that the bank is still working it's way through whatever paperwork it is they are perusing, but it is taking them forEVER. We did actually talk to an appraiser last week, which is one of the last steps before the paperwork goes to someone else to look at for a few days followed by someone else who will look at it for a few days... Obviously I'm not real clear on the sequence of events but Jeff is optimistic that we may be able to start digging a foundation as soon as September 12th. Although Jeff has been optimistic about this kind of thing before.
On a positive note, the special arborist has done his thing and the trees are ready for the foundation work. There is even a regulation 6' metal fence around the trees so nobody will dare tread on their root systems. As if. We weren't able to use the fir tree to count towards our 30" of required tree (required by the city), but the plan does call for protective measures of the fir, which we have done. When the arborist did the air spade to see where roots needed to be cut, apparently the fir tree had few to none, so hopefully we won't have a huge tree falling on our new house anytime soon. We will have to plant a few trees to meet the city requirements but we were planning on doing that anyhow, so for now tree plan is a go.
There really is nothing else to be done before the foundation starts. Waiting is getting old. Even shopping for house stuff is getting old, since it seems like we won't have a house to put it in. I know the construction process can be fraught with delays, but this is starting to seem a little ridiculous.
On a positive note, the special arborist has done his thing and the trees are ready for the foundation work. There is even a regulation 6' metal fence around the trees so nobody will dare tread on their root systems. As if. We weren't able to use the fir tree to count towards our 30" of required tree (required by the city), but the plan does call for protective measures of the fir, which we have done. When the arborist did the air spade to see where roots needed to be cut, apparently the fir tree had few to none, so hopefully we won't have a huge tree falling on our new house anytime soon. We will have to plant a few trees to meet the city requirements but we were planning on doing that anyhow, so for now tree plan is a go.
There really is nothing else to be done before the foundation starts. Waiting is getting old. Even shopping for house stuff is getting old, since it seems like we won't have a house to put it in. I know the construction process can be fraught with delays, but this is starting to seem a little ridiculous.
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