Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Rat Proofing


Here is Lance of Lucky Lance Concrete Pumping company pouring the "rat proofing" on the upper level of our house. This layer of concrete, about 2" thick, is used to seal everything at the dirt level and as they say keep the rats out. Lance did all our pouring so far and has been super at showing up on time and on quick notice.

The Structural FX crew was on hand back filling the foundation and preparing to work on the upper floor. Here's Barney working the mini backhoe.

A large order of joists arrived as well as plywood for the back section of the house. Unfortunately the longer front joists are only going to arrive next Monday, delayed because they are being made out of state. The team plans to install the back section en masse tomorrow. Brian said "we'd be able to dance on our bedroom floor Wednesday".

We're trying now to find free clean fill as we are missing dirt on the project site in a pretty major way. There seem to be quite a few postings on Craigslist for this and we are checking these out.