Introduction
 Floor Plan
 Date
      March 23, 1999
      March 31, 1999
      April 5, 1999
      April 12, 1999
      April 14, 1999
      April 16, 1999
      April 21, 1999
      April 22, 1999
      May 13, 1999
      May 18, 1999
      May 23, 1999
      May 30, 1999
      June 1, 1999
      June 7, 1999
 
 

May 18, 1999 - We've got a slab!

Heather called on Monday to let me know that Clay Electric finally got out the site and set up the lines so we can get power to the construction site.  It will be a pain having to pay the bills and then get reimbursed, but what else do you expect from a "cooperative" electric company?

Ed said to expect the slab pour today, but I certainly didn't.  Heather called this morning to tell me that the concrete was there and getting poured.  I was really surprised that something went as scheduled!

I couldn't make it out to the site until after class and by then the slab was poured.  All that was left was a couple of guys doing the final smoothing on the slab.

Joe left for Orlando on business at 6AM this morning and didn't get home until 10:30PM.  He was really surprised that we had a slab.  Good thing I took some pictures.
 
 

	By now you should know that this is the front of the house.  The garage is on the left, and it was poured wrong.  More on that later...
	Okay, more on the garage now.  The main house slab was supposed to extend into the garage area a bit more.  We planned to put the hot water heater and other mechanical equipment on that extended area.  Ed says it won't be a problem to pour the extension and luckily it won't hold up the start of framing.
	Da back porch.  No, I did not intentionally try for a butt shot of the guy working...really..
	A nice shot of from the master bedroom across the breakfast nook/kitchen/family room to the kids' side of the house
	The kids' side of the house.
	Our newly installed electric meter.  Look closely...all the indicators are on 0...
	The top of our temporary power pole, installed by the electrian which is connected to....
	...the temporary power pole erected by Clay Electric
	It's tough to get a full shot of house with any detail.  The only way you can tell that there's a slab in this shot is to compare the picture with one after the fill - the color is different.

 The trusses are already built and the framing crew is scheduled to begin their work on Monday or Tuesday.  Everyone tells me that things really start to happen during framing...