I drove up Thursday to see if the forms were in the right place for the patio and sidewalks--and things were not in place. Still, it was worthwhile. At least in this style of house in this part of Idaho, there are vents along the foundations that you close in winter and open in summer for moisture control. Here you can see that they have put up the shields so that when the concrete is poured, we can still get access to the control levers.
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A bit more of the external siding is in place.
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I thought that they were going to pour the garage floor at the same time as the external flatwork, but since the garage floor is gray concrete, and the external flatwork is stamped and colored, I guess it does make more sense to do these as two separate pours.
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The garage definitely looks larger now that the floor is poured. The picture is a bit dark, but it is actually a pretty airy garage, with big doors on both ends. There is definitely room for three cars in here--two facing north and one facing east.
One little annoyance: this door is supposed to be a window, so I will have a place to set up my workshop along that wall. This was supposed to be fixed before they sided.
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The hose bib is no longer lying on the ground. There's a hose attached to it, and gravity alone provides a strong volume of water. We went up today to look at the flatwork forms (more about that shortly), and to drain the water tank to see if the lead problem is just dirt in the tank. We took that hose to the edge of the pad, and started it running.
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Rhonda had wanted to put something in the concrete, but because it was already dry, she had to settle for scratching with a nail--hard to do a heart in that medium!
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We went to check the flatwork forms--and decided that the back patio was too narrow. We used rocks to indicate the preferred outline. When we talked to Scott later, we found out that he had the same concern, and needs them to move the forms out a bit in the front as well. Sorry, no pictures of this yet.
Last house entry.
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