March 2nd - The Forms are Off

OK, so the next step, after the concrete dries, is to remove the forms, mark the walls with whatever everything means to the builders. This is basically how it looked right after the forms came off.

This view is comparable to the drive-by pic of the house with the forms in place.


This second picture shows the garage area. There is no basement here, but it's dug out to have room to work on the footers and the forms. This will be back-filled shortly. And speaking of the back-fill. Check out the ENORMOUS piles of dirt behind the house. They dug some BIG HOLES. Not all the dirt will go back in, since there is a house taking up a major portion of the hole. We wonder where it will all go...?


This next pic shows the footers and walls fairly well. The front area, that looks like a separate room is actually the support area for the patio. This entire "room" will be backfilled and covered in cement for the patio.


This last picture from today, just shows the left side wall. It again shows off the footers and basement walls. It also shows off how they install the windows before pouring the cement. These are escape/safety windows, large enough openings and they will have ladders built into the window wells to climb. They're built in place. Pretty cool. Also, note the walls of the basement, they are fresh from the forms. They get coated as part of the next step. Lastly, the "S" with arrows seen on the front and sides, here, are for the sewer line. The arrow pointing down is about where the sewer comes out from the basement.