The stairs come down here. 

This will be a task to finish. 

Kinda neat, these floor joists have metal webbing. 

After one day of framing. 

I will be taking a series of pictures from this telephone pole. I know that these things go up quickly...we will see... 

I crawled down into the basement to do a little closer inspection...It looks good... It was windy today, so the concrete guys told me that this wind was not good. The wind dries the top layer to quickly and cracks can form. 

The floor was poured today! They plan to start framing the house tomorrow.  

At the top of the picture is the rough in for the basement bathroom. Because the septic is an abive ground one, if I want to put a bathroom in the basement, I need to have a pump. At the bottom of the picture is the holding tank for the waste water. 

They levelled out the gravel and dug a small trench for the the load bearing beam. 

The well is finally drilled andt they are filling in the trenchs to the well. We had to change the point at which the water line came into the house.  

Its a muddy job that is for sure! 

Ron White Well Drilling showed up today to drill the well. 

Today they finished up the backfilling and made a shale driveway 

Looks ok, we will need some more fill around the home, but that is another story 

Today Doncasters did some rough backfilling. 

The gravel is all levelled off, ready for a floor. 

Last friday they waterproofed the foundation and poured the last pillar (the one with all the supports) Apparently, the sona tube busted at the bottom the day they poured the rest of them. 

Well they took the forms off and put a chalk line for the foundation coating 

Its going to take a few of these trucks to complete the wall. Because of the weight restrictions on the road, this 10 yard truck can only carry 8 yards. 

Sure beats the old fashion way. 

Check this thing out. This pump truck can extend its arm over 100 feet... 

It is pretty neat, this will be a full 8' wall. 

The forms are up and it is ready for the concrete. They worked all day (until 3) getting this thing set up, and at around 4...Lefarge showed up... 

The footing...in all its glory. 

As you can see, more gravel was brought in to cover the drain tile and form the base for the floor. There was a really heavy rain just before I took these pictures so disregard the water.