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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Concrete Pour Begins

Right on time, the concrete footings were poured today. Four truckloads were pumped up and over into the forms for the foundation footings. Walls & slab are going to be a big pour indeed!

Inspection went fine & Robert actually wanted to move the pour up by an hour. Alas, the pump truck couldn't find the address right away - the first casualty of many I'm afraid.

Props to Kincaid for some last minute wee hours coordination work to insure everything goes in the right places. The coordination work on a lot like this with a house as big as this one results in a set of extremely complicated calculations. There have been a few surprises - my Billiards room (the living room on the plan) has lost a corner. This was to comply with setback requirements. I hope I can still play some pool in there! On the good side, Robert is providing 10-foot ceilings on the upper floor - this will be really nice. The second floor will feel spacious with 9-foot ceilings - definitely better than 8-foot ceilings for the that theater space (Family room on plans).

Here's some pics of the finished footings from today. Tomorrow, they'll form up the concrete walls, including the 12' tall monster that sits on top of that big footing in this first pic:


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