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This is an exciting time for our family! We have outgrown our current home and have decided it was time for a change. We started looking to buy a new home, but didn't find anything we "just loved". So, we decided to build one. We were so excited to find the perfect lot nestled against Burch Creek! And, we only have to move a few blocks away from where we live right now. This keeps us close to all of our friends, and the kids won't need to change schools. Habitations Home Plans created the perfect plan for our new home! Kasey Malan of Malan Homes is our builder. The site work is already underway! We hope to be in our home around the first of next year. We will keep this blog updated with pictures and eventually a camera link so we can share this experience with our family and friends.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Forming the Footings and Tying The Rebar

Monday the guys from Rock Structures began removing the sur-charge soil. Then they dug out trenched for the footings. There were a few changes that needed to be made to the footing plans...that we noticed once the digging started. Thankfully, the structural engineer was able to make the changes in just one day! Thursday - yesterday - KMad Footing came and began forming the footings and setting in the rebar. Today they will finish the forms and tying in the rebar. Then we are ready to pour the footings. That will happen the first of next week.

I forgot to mention that we also located our sewer and water connections and are now tied in to those! It was quite the challenge to locate the sewer. Unfortunately the sewer marker was knocked down a year or so ago when another home was being built. We had Roto-Rooter help to search for the lines. Finally we found them, and the guys at Rock Structures got us all tied in...our sewer line is about 30 feet down, so it was quite a project.
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