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Not like Buffalo, but more snow up high. There is something really nice about watching a snowstorm while on your back deck in a t-shirt, because it’s 50 degrees out….
For about 2 minutes in the evening, there’s a wonderful view, when the sunlight is hitting the red rocks just before it sets, and the red contrasting with the white snow. Doesn’t quite come out in a picture.
Concrete!
Note the difference in how the garage wall is done: forms both sides (since you can see both sides, and dimensions matter) and the house walls (insulated, form on one side only).
I didn’t measure but that’s about 2 foot deep. Since the ground never freezes there’s no need to go any deeper.
Counting calendar days, not work days (although they work virtually every day, so no real difference).
Finishing up concrete forms and rebar:
The pink is (thick!) foam insulation. It serves as the outside form when pouring the concrete; then it stays there forever, insulating the home (where wood forms would need to be removed or they would rot).
Foundation fully dug, forms and rebar going in.
And yes, it’s Saturday, workers still hard at work.
Day 1 of N – starting digging of foundation:
I like the combination of low-tech (guy with a shovel) and high tech (laser level).