I hope the title did not mislead anyone! While we do hope to welcome an addition to our family in the near future, we kind of thought having a house might be a good start. You are viewing the new foundation forms for the garage, mudroom/laundry, master bathroom, closet, and a modest two foot bump out on the master suite.
The original part of the structure that remains intact, despite appearances, will house a great room style living, dining, and kitchen area with the entire 2nd floor as a studio space for my Kindergarten Readiness program which you can check out on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/LandOfTheLilliputians
(The name and page will be updated once we are open at this location, so stay tuned!)
The open area above the existing basement will contain two bedrooms and a bathroom, with more pictures to follow as progress is made. In case you have never seen a poured concrete wall being erected, it begins with the footings:
The building for dummies version is that these are the feet of the house. The bulk of the weight of the walls and roof sit on these and they help disperse the weight of the materials so the house will not sink on the ground like it's propped up on toothpick legs.
The fun part has been delayed due to rain, and that is pouring the concrete into the forms:
The forms are essentially temporary walls that keep the concrete sandwiched together until it can set or dry. The rods you see running through the channel is the rebar which adds rigidity to the structure. Think of the rebar as the bones and the concrete as the muscle. If you tear a muscle, the bone remains intact creating a minor repair versus a major operation.So if you happen to see me in the front yard beating on a bongo drum and chanting, please do not be alarmed. I am likely doing an anti-rain ceremony in the hope that we can move forward into framing and our new addition will actually have walls and a roof soon. Now if I can only figure out a way to get Ty Pennington to welcome us home...
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