Meter install almost finished10 Jan 2009 The meter and valves are encased in cement to prevent tampering and stealingpklongball
We have city water10 Jan 2009 The Phala waterman came today and installed our meter. We should have a good supply now for the project.pklongball
12 Jan 2009All footing holes now filled and the work starts to build the form work for the floor support beams.pklongball
12 Jan 2009Closer view of the work on the formspklongball
12 Jan 2009Here we have a crew man using a real bubble level and tape measure to mark a line on the column. More to follow.pklongball
11 Jan 2009Her we have the Mitsu hole filler. Just got started before noon. 4 hours later all the holes are filled.pklongball
11 Jan 2009Overview of the house site after hole fillingpklongball
11 Jan 2009This cute little bucket and dirt pusher was the only piece of equipment that was available to fill the footing holes. This photo happens to be at the end of the day after all holes are filled and the builder used it to dig the septic tank hole. Saves the need to get a JCB in later. The rate for this little guy was 400 BT/hr. pklongball
12 Jan 2009PK supervising the beam crew. The only thing I supervise better is beer bottle opening.pklongball
12 Jan 2009Marking the lower columns before the wood forms get placed for the beamspklongball
11 Jan 2009Here we have the Mrs. watering the columns and dirt around them. She said if she puts enough water on all 31 columns in 6 months a house will grow. I hope she's right!pklongball