Drainage, Radon Mitiagtion & Backfilling

We have installed exterior and interior drainage lines in and around the foundation. The interior drain will also serve as a radon vent, mitigating and venting radon gas up and out of our future home. You can see the interior drain exiting out through our footing. The hole above the footing will house the sewer line.

Also, we have installed 1' insulation around the exterior to assist with heat loss. The foundation in these phoos has now been backfilled. With the stone surrounding the interior drains and tamped level with our footings, we are now ready to have the floor poured.

Foundation Walls up and Prepaired.....

Harrison, Mike and Mickey Hoyt arrived with the forms late in the day, and quickly set the far wall. The next day, an hour before they finished setting the forms they called for the concrete. These guys do not miss a beat. Our walls are only 4' tall. We will only have a crawl space under the house due to the high water table and the fact that...well...we have a barn to keep our "stuff" in already.

Jackson craftsmen Al McLane surveys Steve Briggs sealing work, and gets ready to install the sill.

Footings and Finally...........Concrete

Two holes.....one shower

With the blasting complete, we stoned the bottom of the cellar hole and are now ready for the footings to be poured.

People always ask "So what are you doing for a bathroom and a shower?" Well, here's the answer...our new custom outhouse complete with an oak seat and magazine rack! And the shower...Very roomey and well vented.

Dyno-Mite.it works.........

Enough Said...........

Blasting caps...different cap delays are used to time the blast........Dick Allison explained the whole concept to Nelle and I . He used smaller shots to break up our ledge that blasted 4' x 4' by 4' sections at a time.




Don Ryder brings over the 6,000 lb. mats made from old recycled truck tires from Canada......eh.....

The Ledge broke up into a million little pieces that we will use for our foundation and hearth. We invited a few friends to come over and pick through the pile. Will and Becky built a patio/path, and Dave and Meg are still thinking about how they will use the stone.