WEEK 8: A Little Slab 'Al Do Ya!

Alas, happy campers, this week we start to see substantive progress at La Casa!

Los Amigos showed up early Monday morning at 7:00am and started pouring the foundation footings and slab. By noon, when I arrived, they had about 80% of the concrete poured and formed.

I was told that the plan for this foundation is roughly 9 trucks carrying 10.5 cubic yards each. By contrast, our last home in San Marcos required 26 trucks with the same load capacity, but then this house doesn't need eight foot foundation walls, and is half the size. All in all, still a lot of pour.

This is the view of the mountains and the 13th hole on the Victory course. I'm hoping that I won't hit my house with a golf ball from one of my crazy non-straight drives.

From what I could tell, this appeared to be the last truck filling in what will be one of the guest rooms. Nothing but the best for our family and friends - a floor!

I was going to buy these guys a pizza lunch, but apparently they work straight through until they finish, which is a bummer because I got hungry watching them work!

Once the concrete is formed and finished, they will tighten the post-tensioning cables, and then we wait for another inspection once the foundation has cured and hardened. I'm told framing will start next week.

The camera perspective is somewhat off a bit, but this is a three car garage that he is working the finish on. It actually goes back quite a bit, so I need to improve my camera work.

I think this calls for a fried chicken and wine Slab Party this weekend with good friends before framing starts!