House Build - Footings/Foundation

Next step in the build, after preparing the lot, is to place the concrete footings and foundation walls. In our case, we only need concrete foundation walls on two sides of the structure as the other two sides are fully exposed and will be built using standard wooden stud construction. In this picture you can see where the dirt stops and the gravel starts. The gravel area has been totally excavated down to the hardpan, refilled with crushed gravel, reinforced with layers of landscape fabric, tamped and all held back from going down the hill with a huge, ninety foot retaining wall.

Wooden forms are built and the concrete is poured.

Once the footings set up, the wall forms can be built.

...and then poured

Now, it's all cleaned-up and ready for the structure build to start. We can't wait!!

 

While we are waiting for the next phase to start, it's fun to visit with some of the new neighbours...