So in most places with decent building codes, you need to bolt the house down to the foundation…. sounds hard but is really pretty simple. Step 1: insert some threaded anchors into the concrete foundation while it’s still wet. Then when it’s time to put down the base plate, just drill holes, and add a …
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Day 27
It’s a roof! OK, more of a kit, some assembly required. These are engineered roof trusses – designed and built in a factory to your specifications. They’re much stronger than building them yourself; we were going to need a supporting post in the middle of the living/dining/kitchen area, but because of the extra strength of …
Day 18
Detail work…. concrete front porch and rear patio are poured separately from everything else. (So is the driveway, but that comes much later). Front porch before, installing flashing, making forms, levelling dirt: The insulation gets a protective coat of stucco where it is exposed too. Front porch after:
Day 9
Pouring the floor…. labor intensive, but so much less work than putting in a basement. It was supposed to rain in the afternoon, so they started at 7 AM and were working quickly to get it in and level before then. (It ended up not raining – not more than about 10 drops – so …
Day 7
Only a week? Wow. Glad I’m not paying these guys overtime… oh wait a second, I probably am. Never mind. Next step is everything that needs to go under the floor: water lines (supply line from street, which is blue, and running water around the house, which is white – both plastic) and sewer lines …