A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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“All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands” – Sufjan Stevens
Lots of these arrived today. Lots of them.
Read MoreThis is where the porch goes….
Framing starts on Monday. As a result, there’s a lot of last minute prep underway to to get the site ready. The water line has been run into the basement. Ditto with the geothermal piping. The electrical, cable, phone and…
Read MoreRoughly eight minutes per dump truck.
One of the drivers for our excavator kept track of the rate of fill and number of loads that they pulled out of the foundation. Roughly eight minutes per load. Fifty-six loads on Day #1. Twelve on Day #2 That’s…
Read MoreA Ditch Filled With Optimism, Rainbows and Unicorn Smiles.
You probably can’t tell from where you’re sitting, but this ditch is overflowing with optimism, rainbows and unicorn smiles. Nine months — almost to the day — since our first call to Central Maine Power, we’re seemingly no closer to…
Read MoreAPPROVED
Honestly, we’re not sure if this is a “real” approval or just a neighbor with a wicked sense of humor. Either works for us.
Read More“Are you on vacation ALL week?”
That was the question that the concrete foreman asked Steve on Thursday afternoon, but we’re pretty sure that he was speaking for the entire crew. After being away on business for a couple of weeks, Steve’s version of 1,000 questions…
Read MoreThese are the days of “prepare yourself.”
“The excavation will feel small.” “You’re going to think that they made a mistake with the foundation dimensions.” “Don’t panic when the foundation walls go in. They’ll look too tall.” It seems that every conversation during this phase of the…
Read MoreFootings Cured By Sea Fog.
Another big day on the site. After finishing up the foundation dig this morning and building a gravel road for the trucks to access, the concrete company arrived this afternoon and started the footings just as the fog rolled in….
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A House In A Field 