Getting closer is right! The concrete company came out and prepped the area for the concrete pour. Before we can pour though I had to have the plumber and electrician come out and put their pipes/conduit where they want it because once that concrete is poured, they are shit out of luck (they can still drill through the concrete but it's a terd and costs me more money.) I passed the 'pre-pour' inspection (makes sure the foundation is going to be where it is supposed to be with regard to property lines and setbacks.) Also passed the plumbing inspection and just waiting on the electrical inspection. The UFER line (this is when the rebar in the foundation comes in handy) was a learning curve for me and pretty frustrating. An UFER is what electrically grounds the entire structure (from lightening, electrical build-up, etc) and is supposed to be prepped by the concrete contractor via the rebar in the wooden forms. Long story short, it is the concrete contractor's job to prep the area not the electricians! The electrician comes and attaches their grounding wire to the rebar once it's prepped. Learning so much! Once I pass the electrical inspection, I can get the concrete poured and then starts the framing!
ABOVE: My yard before the concrete company.
ABOVE: Concrete guys digging the trench that will be where they pour the footings/forms for the foundation.
ABOVE: Big pile of dirt after digging out the foundation trench.
ABOVE: You can see the sewer pipe (big white thing), the water pipe (skinny white tube) and the electrical conduit (grey pipe). The green tub is covering the water shut off valve.
ABOVE: Here you can see the wooden form that was built in the trench. Inside the wood form is rebar. The plumber and electrician returned after the wooden form was created and put their pipes/conduit where they want it to enter the structure. Now the concrete will be poured into the wooden forms. Once the concrete is hard the wood will be removed, the dirt will be used to fill in the gaps and all that will be visible is a nice concrete wall. The concrete company is also going to use their little backhoe and remove the dirt in the center as I am not going to have a crawl space but a concrete slab. Why did they not dig out the center when they dug the trench? Who the hell knows. Everybody has their own way of doing things. You can just make out that damn UFER line wire sticking up out of the grey conduit.
