Construction Update #8

Today was supposed to be all about waterproofing and backfilling.

The waterproofing guys showed up and said they wouldn’t do the job. Not enough drainage. Then they proceeded to put the fear of mother nature in me about water incursion.  I think the Form-a-Drain will work as advertised, but hey a little redundancy can’t hurt. So, now I am installing a perimeter drain, with a third drain line along the side of the house fronting the little creek. Better safe then wet!

Proving herself as more then just a pretty face, Karen worked all day long with Eric to get the elevator shaft / retaining wall just right. Notice the amount of rebar. Looks like that game we played as kids with all the sticks to try and pick up.

Next pour will be the corner with the shaft. Then the floor. Then we stack the walls. But first, we gotta finish spreading 20 yds of drainrock around 250 feet of perf pipe.

Steve