Week 4

This week, while there seemed to be not much progress visible to those driving by, there still was a lot that got done. The weather continues to present challenges but things are moving ahead. Kerry and I are trying to keep abreast of everything and make our decisions ahead of time, or when the builder says he needs to know, and he needs to know now. Then we have a quick chat and make as informed a decision as we can. We have plenty to think about and are asking lots of questions and looking for advice but we have to act quickly sometimes. We hope we are doing things mostly right, and continue to pray for wisdom. It is exciting though, to see things moving ahead, but I am not letting myself think of when it might be finished enough to move in, even though some are asking by when we think it will be done. I sure hope it is before winter though. These RV's are hard to keep warm when the temps cool down. We still have to use a heater or the furnace every night.

This week they got to work digging the piles for the porches, front and side, as well as for the garage.

They also poured them full, and got some of the foundation poured for the east deck.

On another day, the plumbing crew was in and got all the rough in plumbing done.

After that is was time to get the basement floor ready for concrete which meant putting down the styrofoam, the plastic, the rebar and the heat pipe. The plan is to pour the floor on Monday, if the weather cooperates. The rafters arrived toward the end of the week, and Kerry and Erik have spent quite a bit of time with various pieces of equipment, digging dirt and moving it around. In spite of the rain, lots got done again this week.