Thursday, 10 April 2014

Forming a foundation in the rain

The first major step in our addition project is making the extension off of the back of the house.

Last Saturday my father in law and HH were busy from dawn till dusk building the footing and foundation form work and placing in rebar.   I arrived home from my all day first aid course to find these guys in a dirt hole under a tarp in the rain.  You can see in the picture below that my father in law is smiling and believe it or not he is not posing for the picture. 



Thanks to my two sets of mother in laws who took shifts looking after the kiddies last weekend as well.

Today I met our building inspector for the first time.  He gave the OK to go ahead and pour concrete once we have the re-bar complete and set into the existing foundation.  He also answered some of our questions about perimeter and storm drainage.

We are hoping for good weather this weekend so we can get the concrete poured sometime in the midst of hosting a large family birthday party for our little guy.

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