We are happy to report that the footings have been poured, and work to build the foundation has begun. For those that haven't spent the last seven months talking about construction stuff, footings are the things your foundation sits on. You want to get those just right. Our guys have been confronted with unforeseen challenges for the last week or so, but it looks like the foundation is getting underway. As we mentioned in a previous post, our foundation will be made of insulated concrete forms (ICF). They look a lot like lego (hard to tell in the picture at left since they're mostly still in boxes), and we've heard good things about how easy they are to work with. We're hoping the foundation will be complete within a week, but I hear we're expecting 20 centimetres of snow tonight, so we'll have to play it by ear, as usual.We were also the targets this week of a unique form of protest. Our builders arrived on-site one morning to find a bunch of old pots and pans thrown into the back of our lot. This actually happened. I still can't believe it — pots and pans! I'm not sure how successful this measure has proven for our local demonstrator in the past, but we remain undeterred. A colleague of mine suggested that perhaps they were a housewarming present, and that the gracious donor was just too shy to deliver them in the usual way. Hahahaa! Perhaps.
One last thing: we've been in touch with the editor of our local community newspaper, and she's invited us to contribute an article on our construction project. We're aiming for the April issue, and will be sure to include the link here.
Forward, ho!
1 comment:
I'm sorry, but that is just too funny! I cannot believe that people threw pots and pans into your yard. Well, hopefully you can make good use of them -- presumably they're not of a quality to replace your existing set, but perhaps they would make lovely garden pots, which would also allow you to send a message back to your neighbour :)
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