The issues of load restrictions continues this week so moving to the next phase of the foundation was in limbo over the weekend but persistence availed and an additional exemptions was granted by the Municipality to allow for more concrete at the end of this week, allow for the forming of the basement walls.
The corner placements for the outer walls where marked by the surveyor and work began on erecting the forms for the walls. This task was so quick I did not even get a chance to get to the site to watch the work being performed.
About mid week I stopped by to see the progress but the crew were not there and the walls where ready for the concrete trucks to pull in on Thursday. It seems Thursdays are the days that the magic happens.
True to form, Thursday came and so did the trucks. Again I was not in time to see the crew at work but the I had plenty of time to watch the concrete cure over the coming week as the forms were off the walls the day after the concrete was poured. Today’s building materials have come a long way from when I helped my family make concrete slabs and such when the forms were on for days and even a week at least, but today it is a day. Now the next steps are more curing time and then backfill the property in preparation for the big day; the day our house flies onto its new resting place.
