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Our Pool...er... eventual building pad for the Little House

Did you notice... things have been on hold here for a while...

The two short deluges from February stopped our building process in it's tracks. The first two feet of our top soil is sandy loam, but then there is a significant layer of clay, so the water just sat there. And sat there. And sat there. On the bright side, I temporarily had that pool I want!

The rain made the flora on the land pop, and that was about all the action we saw for a couple of months. Cue crickets chirping... literally....






Then last month things finally dried up and the fun began again! John brought water to the land with a well/pump/water tank, and we also have electricity, and a phone. 20th Century, Baby! 21st Century TBD.

Fast forward to June, and we now also have two foundations! We first poured the garage for the future Not-So-Big House. Everyone knows that you christen a new slab with an interpretive family dance. What? That's not a "thing?" Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is a thing. Even Andy got into the action.

Slab Dance on the Garage from Kerstin Sjoquist on Vimeo.


Next we worked on the foundation for the Little House. Though we had contractors do the forms and the actual concrete pour, John did all the rough-in for plumbing and electrical, and also laid the Pex tubing for the in-floor radiant heat. He had heard it was quite a chore to accomplish, but said it actually was a fairly straight-forward endeavor.

Tune in next time for a video of the foundation pour of the Little House. Will the Pex retain it's pressure, or will we have to dig up many tons of concrete and start again? Will the pricey integrated concrete color be worth the cost? Will we have yet another graceful slab dance? Stay tuned...