Finally part of the actual home is becoming visible; the walls are almost finished. In case you wonder; there will be windows and doors, but this is how log homes are built; walls first and then the 4 trusses will go up. From my bank account I can clearly see these walls are not paid by Mexico. But at least it’s finally starting to take shape.
Having a Pier & Beam foundation has one little drawback; there is no default floor in-between the Piers.
Luckily, the builders have made a Deck , which is the basis for the final flooring.
So now from higher up it looks like this;
And from the side;
Or from the front;
I kinda like the way it looks; a lot better than a slab; imagine how much concrete would be needed to fill up all the space under the deck.
And of course, it is great storage place, for instance for logs for the fireplace.
No, not the Snap! song from 1990, but actual temporary power coming from the power pole on the lot 🙂
This is a shot showing the power line that runs from my pole to the one on the street.
In a closed box (opened on this picture) there are 4 sockets waiting for appliances.
Last week the beams started to connect the piers, making the pier & beam foundation.
Below you’re looking at what will be the front-left of the house, and as you can see there is a 5ft difference between those beams and the ground.
The deck will expand beyond that, which should give a nice view over the trees, even from the ground floor deck.
Last week the work on the foundation has gone well, and the piers are now connected by Beams, hence the name Pier and Beam foundation.
Concrete pouring has started this week and the 23 pier bases are filled, with the rebar sticking out where the next section of the piers will be.
Tomorrow the piers will be brought up to the needed height.
This week the driveway has been secured by adding concrete to the entry and exit points of all culvert pipes.
To the left are the two pipes that hopefully now take the water under the driveway rather than taking the base away.
From above this barrier should guide the water into the pipes.
On the roadside the big culvert pipe is now set in concrete on both ends.
This should be 100% rain proof.
Last week the work finally started on the foundation.
There will be 23 concrete piers, that will be connected with concrete beams, hence the name Pier and Beam foundation.
The logs are now on the lot also; behind the red pick-up.
The red lines show the height at which the foundation will be. As the cabin will be built on a slope,
there is a good 5 feet difference between the back and the front.
As you can see above, the back of the cabin will line up with the big oak trees, and as that is facing south,
the shade should help keep the cabin a bit cooler in the summer.
The driveway has been restored and strengthened, so hopefully it will not wash out again at the next flood.
These two culvert pipes will be finished with concrete, so the water should flow under the driveway instead of flushing it.
The driveway looks nice again.
It’s official; it’s a cover up. That is to say that the septic installation is covered up leaving just the power connection and 3 stages lids visible.
Not sure if the white thingy in the picture below is a spray head or an air outlet, but we will see.
The contractor informed me that it got inspected and approved also, so I should be good to go. Literally… 😉
See the little pinkish puck on the picture below? That’s one of the spray heads, that during the night, after purification, spray the excess water onto the land.
