Insulation and Radiant Heat Tubing

The builder. The blue insulation and tubing for the radiant heat were installed yesterday and the day before. The slab will be poured Friday if the weather cooperates.

Foundation and Plumbing

9/14/10 Footings are in. Forms for frost walls begun.

Pouring the frost walls.

Walls with the forms removed.

9/20/10 Starting to back fill. The machine in the center is a compactor, which I had the pleasure of spending several hours behind. A lot like using a lawn mower, but much heavier.

9/21/10 Sewer lines inside the house being installed.

All the pipes that will go under the slab are now in. In addition to the sewer lines there are also the cold water lines and some electrical conduit. Back fill inside the house almost done. We ran out of dirt!!

Excavation

Starting to dig.

A few hours later!

The Building Lot

The lot is on both sides of the road. On the left side of the photo the land slopes steeply down to a nice sized brook. The bush in the foreground marks one boundary (horizontally in this photo) and the far utility pole marks the other boundary (horizontally again). The car is in the same location in all these photos. You should be able to click on these photos to enlarge them in your browser if you wish to see more detail.

View of the lot towards the road from back of lot. You can see the string that outlines the house footprint if you look carefully.

The lot includes the trees in the foreground and goes back just beyond the line of tall, red pines in the background.

Small bush on right same as in first photo. Right side of photo is just about where the property line is. The house will fit in the sun-lit clearing.

View down to Ayers Brook, which borders the lot.