October 29, 2012

Back from Florida and I was pleased to see they started building. The floor joists are in place and the subfloor has been laid. They started framing the garage, although it's been too rainy to take any pictures of that. Met with an Amish cabinet maker today and the quote he gave was within our budget and the quality was excellent. Bought our appliances last week. Need to decide on a range hood and the sinks for the bathroom so the cabinet maker can proceed.

October 15, 2012

Got a phone call from our builder on the way back from Wisconsin. Says the foundation went over by $12,800 and I need to write him a check. I wasn't aware he could spend almost $13,000 of my money without asking permission. Not sure where he's going to come up with the difference, but I'm not in the habit of fixing other people's problems. This is getting VERY frustrating.

October 8, 2012

Basement floor is being repoured. I wasn't aware you could pour new concrete over old concrete but when I asked the contractor if this is standard practice, I was informed that what he did to begin with was standard practice and that there is no way we will have water in this crawlspace. Hope he's right.

October 3, 2012

Crawl space floors have been sprayed with rubber to prevent water from leaking in from the outside.

October 2, 2012

Came home from the wedding and saw that the foundation had been poured. Unfortunately, the crawl space floor was supposed to come up over the footings 2". Instead, there is a gap that runs the perimeter between the footings and the crawl space floor. Sure wish things got done right the first time.

September 20, 2012

The helical piers went in today. Quite a process. Next up, the footings.

September 18, 2012

Restaked and ready for the helical piers.