House Construction Part 4 - Basement forms are up

The forms for the basement walls are going up today. The setup for the basement will be as follows: a center entry door in the front of the basement. This door will have a clearing pushed out in front of it with knee high walls (approximately 30 inches high) that will be comprised of wood posts. These walls are necessary because there will be grading done to conceal as much of the front of the basement as is possible given the layout of the land. Centered on each side of this center entry door will be a 4 foot high by 3 foot wide window. So the front of the basement that is parallel, essentially, with the main state road will be comprised of a 4 x 3 foot window on the left side, the center entry door with cleared patch, and another 4 x 3 foot window on the right side front.

The right side of the basement will be comprised of a 9 foot opening that will be framed out for two 4 foot double doors that will swing open to provide an 8 foot entry. The 9 foot area will provide the opportunity for expansion to a 9 foot garage door. The pouring of these walls and forms will be performed by tomorrow evening. I will attempt to get pictures posted that correspond to the previous construction posts up when I can. The pictures have been taken they just need to be uploaded.

Front view of house basement forms

Right side view of basement forms



Back left corner to front of house view of basement forms



Back left corner view to inside of basement forms



View of back of house basement forms

House Construction Part 3 - Footers are poured

The concrete folks poured the footers this morning. The next step planned is setting up the forms for the basement walls on Monday. Then on Tuesday the walls are to be poured. This is all assuming the weather cooperates. For now the footers are to be cured in over the weekend. Once again I will plan on getting some media (pictures, eventually video(s)) uploaded when time permits.

Front right corner view of footers

Front left corner view of footers

Left side view of footers

House Construction Part 2 - Footers and footer forms are dug and placed

They have dug and placed re bar for pouring the footers around the perimeter of the house. I have pictures that I will post as soon as possible.

Just an update on the basement layout. There will be an entry door in the center of the front of the basement. There will be a window on each side of the door on the front of the basement. Then on the right side if you are looking at the front of the house there will be a 9 foot framed out area that will have two 4 foot doors that swing open for an 8 foot opening. The purpose for this area being framed out like this is to have the potential to put a 9 foot garage door in place of the double doors to have a garage in the basement.

The footers should be poured today after the footer inspection is complete. I will continue to post updates as progress continues.

Dug out footprint for house



Another vantage point of dug out footprint



Right side of house footers, this is where two four foot double doors will be in basement



Left front corner of house footer frames with rebar