Week 13: Waterproofing

This week was waterproofing in the basement.  The clients chose to do interior water proofing, as the water table and foundation indicate water in general is not a problem.  Interior waterproofing is not he best solution for the foundation (ie water/moisture can still come into the blocks and freeze/thaw etc) but this is a very effective way for preventing water from the entering the basement.  It's obviously much more cost effective to implement - saving at least 75% of the cost of exterior waterproofing.

Week 12: Masonry work

Thom was in to get the front door and some window openings set up.  Looking good!

Week 10: Principal Framing Complete

As Thom finished some of the brick patching in the front, Miguel finished up and managed to get the roof on before going on vacation for Christmas... nice timing!  We also managed to get the drains installed and passed, and the heat hooked up for the winter weather that will be coming, I'm assuming, eventually!

Week 11: Roof

You can't really see it... but today, we got a roof! :-)

Week 9: Framing Continues

Framers, masons and welders... all working in tandem to make this house happen this week!

Week 8: Framing begins

Well, this week was a great week.  I had to move a ton of pieces and have new people work well with each other in order to get things done... and they went off without a hitch!

Almost to the point of losing a little sleep was the problem of how to get the helicle pile machine (think:  a giant screw drilled into the earth to prevent upward or downward movement of the object that sits on top of the screw!) into the open basement of the site.

With a little scrambline and ingenuity, Miguel and the guys from Goliath Tech were able to get the job done.  See these pictures to get an idea of the complexity...

The remainder of the week was relatively easy (for me) and warm (for me!).  Miguel and his team plowed through the framing.  Once the metal work of the front cantilevered office was complete, the rest of the framing continued smoothly.