Foundation is done!!

The last time I posted an update about the foundation was when the forms were going up. 

Well... they were finished a week ago Friday:

The forecast for Monday was calling for rain, so we weren't sure if they'd be on schedule to pour the foundation or not. Somehow, it rained all around Lucan, but stayed away from our house!  It did start to rain a bit towards the end of the day, but everything was done. 

Concrete pumper used to fill the forms. 

The following day, forms were coming off. It's really starting to look like a house now!

Garage

Walk-out basement

9' basement ceilings are a must when you're 5' tall. :)

See the wooden framing all along the top portion of this wall? There are some on the front of the house and a small section on the West wall as well.  These were put in the forms before the cement was poured to make what is called a 'brick ledge'. What a brick ledge does is it allows for the brick, or in our case stone, come down further on the exterior of the house. Due to the slope of our lot, this was necessary or else we would have had 6' of exposed concrete foundation towards the back of the house. That just wouldn't have been pretty! 

Here is what it looks like with the forms completely gone. 

Don't mind the poor lighting... I came straight to the house after working nights and the sun wasn't quite up yet!  But the sunrise was pretty!

The foundation needs to sit for a week before it can be back filled so it feels like things have slowed down. 

Waterproofing was done. There is more of where the brick ledge is on the front. 

The foundation was inspected and our underground plumbing rough-ins finished and inspected this week. So it wasn't all just waiting around... But we're really anxious to start framing!

So the plan for this week is to back fill on Monday and Tuesday. Pour the basement and garage floors Wednesday and pour the front porch floor on Thursday or Friday. 

Our hydro line to the house is also going in on Tuesday too while the backhoe is there to dig a trench. Now if we can just coordinate Union Gas to show up at the same time it would be great!

Framing will be starting on Monday, November 3rd once the floors and porch have had time to dry!