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| | Setting footing forms in the snow April 24 |
| | | | 1st pour lower footings April 25 |
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| | Building into the hillside April 28 |
| | | Concrete trucks lining up. April 29 |
| | | Crete crew filling the forms April 29 |
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| | | | Boom is remote controlled. |
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| | First forms stripped. May 1 |
| | | Pads for chimney and point loads being poured. May 2 |
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| | | Dave & Mike site meeting. May 3 |
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| Bringing up the level.
May 7 |
| | | Big retaining wall starts. May 7 |
| | | King of the mountain. May 8 |
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| | Lower wall shaping up. May 8 |
| | | Crete trucks line up again. May 9 |
| | | Pump crane in action. May 9 |
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| | | | Getting up to the main floor level. May 9 |
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| | Bracing for a basement door. May 12 |
| | | | Giagantic sono tubes. May 12 |
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| | The fireplace foundation. May 12 |
| | | Getting the level up to slab height. May 19 |
| | | Filling and tamping. May 19 |
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| | Excavator man in an excavator frame. May 19 |
| | | Lower walls blue boarded. May 19 |
| | | Hydraulic cement sealing the tie holes. May 19 |
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| | Last look at the naked walls. May 19 |
| | | First the corners get extra sealing. May 21 |
| | | Lower course of membrane goes on. May 21 |
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| | | Tar sealant gives extra security at the top of the membrane. May 21 |
| | | Early morning visitor greets Dave. May 22 |
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| | Packed crushed stone offers a flat and level work space. May 22 |
| | | Plumbers lay pipes in what will be the slab. May 22 |
| | | Next the drainage sheets go on. May 22 |
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| | Then the drain pipes. May 22 |
| | | | Temporary smooth entrance to the bacement. May 23 |
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| | Insulating the slab. May 23 |
| | | Preparations for slab pour. Lines are radiant heat pipes. May 28 |
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| | Slab was poured thanks to a tent to shed the rain. May 30 |
| | | Mud sill in place. May 30 |
| | | A last view of the foundation and last photo of this album. May 30 |
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