Sanitary and water upgrade

Utility Force, the company assigned to this area to perform the City portion of the sanitary and water upgrade from the road, arrived as promised at 7:30am.  There was a little trepidation on my part on the depth of the drains.  Herbert and Cheryl's house is at the end point of one section of the sewer line, which means that it is the high point for this section.  I discovered this several months ago when I had a pre-construction meeting with Utility Force.  Subsequently, I went to the City and got the "plan in profile" for the house, and the architect had to calculate the height of the foundation of the house and adjust it up about a foot.

Still, when the foreman arrived and looked at the massive depth of the foundation walls, he said the drain would be too high.  I just had to think... "trust John (Culmone)".  Sure enough, after four hours of work, I got some great news that the drain was indeed perfectly matched with the new foundation depth (with barely a millimeter of extra space).  Phew!  What would have happened?  A "so-so" case scenario would be that the floor drains in the basement would come up a little higher than normal, and we would simply put more gravel in the basement and raise the floor a couple of inches.  The worst case scenario?  I don't want to think of that.... pumping sanitary waste?  ew.

Waterproofing complete

The stone has been spread around the base of the house and the weeping tile pipe beneath the windows on the South side have been hung (see second picture), so we're just waiting for the inspector to approve.  Hopefully we'll be backfilling tomorrow morning!

Waterproofing

The guys arrived just after lunch to start and complete the waterproofing.  The gravel should arrive early morning tomorrow (to cover the weeping tile) and then we'll just need a nod from the inspector before we begin backfilling on Wednesday.  I had an advisor come look at the walls today to get his opinion on whether the walls needed bracing or not, and we agreed that since the window areas on the south side were above grade (they are the weakest areas) and the walls are so thick and reinforced, that we should be good to proceed with backfilling without the bracing.

The sanitary upgrade was supposed to take place on Wednesday, but I've pushed it back to Monday so we would have the fill out of the way (they have to trench all the way to the road).  Hopefully my concrete guys will also show up to do the drain connection to the house, as well as begin forming/pouring the garage ceiling.

Walls looking good

The forms have been stripped and things are looking good.  They're a little too soft right now to do the waterproofing, so we're going to wait until Monday.  Can't wait to back fill!

Stripping forms

Walls!

Foundation pour

Big day

It will be a big day. The forming guys are finishing their last tasks - brick veneer and garage slab ledges, small knee wall for basement supporting walls as well as giving the whole area a good once over. The guys from Rock Concrete have been amazing. We will start pouring the walls at 1pm today. If all goes well we strip and waterproof tomorrow.

Rebar inspection

Lawrence, the structural engineer, came by to inspect the rebar placement and consistency.  He passed the job with flying colours, and commented how good a job Rock Concrete have done.  Good to hear!

Inside form walls

Foundation forms

Getting the exterior forms set up!

Weeping tile

Bright and early, we've got the weeping tile installed and the foundation walls measured up.  Should be a very busy day.

Forms arrive

Rock Concrete dropped off the forms today.  From what I hear, they will be in and out in 3 days.  Sounds good to me!

Footings stripped

Footings Poured

Footings formed

Survey for footings

Busy week next week!

We are planning for a busy week next week - which I love!

Monday - a fairly quiet day - Tom comes to mark the footing location pins.
Tuesday - carpenters come on-site to build the footing forms.  Meanwhile, the pool walls will be built and every thing will be prepped for the pool floor
Wednesday - rebar guys come to put in rebar for the footings, then hopefully the inspector comes  and we pour the footings immediately.  As for the pool, this is the day the pool floor will be poured.
Thursday - as long as all things go well to date, we form the foundation walls
Friday - pour the foundation walls

A busy, busy week - let's hope for some good weather!

Rebar

The massive amount of rebar has arrived in preparation for the footings and foundation walls next week.