Foundation: Mid-April

The big day finally come to dig the foundation!!  It was fun to see the foundation of the house going in.  It took just a day to dig the hole.

We discovered just how rocky our soil is.  I'm not sure we'll ever get a garden to grow here.

During the week of digging the foundation and setting the forms for the footings and the walls there were so many vehicles here.  At one point I could hardly see the house from the road!

Can anyone see my house??

A couple days after the hole was dug the footings went in.

Then after that the forms went in and the walls were poured.

The forms came off and then it got back filled.  Then the floor joist went on.  You may notice in the above photo that there was originally a window poured in the far wall.  We had to change the design and eliminate that window because we needed to add a staircase to access this basement. In the original plan this basement would be accessed through the basement under the other side of the house.  Our contractor didn't feel good about cutting a doorway in the old rock foundation.  So, we added a stairway in the laundry/craft room to access the basement.  I wasn't happy about giving up so much space in my room but in the end it will work better and be nice that we won't have to pass through the old basement to get to the new one.  

We are now up to ground level and things are moving right along!