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.

September 15, 2012

It's been a disappointing week. I was so excited to see the surveyors staking out the lot on Wednesday, unil I did some measuring and found the stakes were ten feet off. My builder reassured me the stakes were in the right place, that they purposely offset the stakes by 10 feet. Unfortunately when the excavator finished digging on Thursday, I realized the 10 foot offset was in the wrong direction, so our foundation was staked at 20 feet off. It's not that we have a big lot to begin with. Now that we are all on the same page, the surveyor can restake, the excavator can redig, and we might end up with a foundation this week. I knew there would be issues throughout this process; I'm hoping they get a lot smaller from here.