Making Adjustments on Foundation tolerances

My  brother Scott came out and helped me to operate the lazer transit to check the level of the foundation walls. You expect some variance, it's concrete. But the time to know where these variances are is before you start installing the floor. That way you can make the small adjustments needed, and have a perfectly level and square floor. This is very important and is worth any effort and time you invest. The greatest variance was 5/16" and is easily corrected with some shimming of the mudsill. This week we will dig the electric supply line and install underground conduit; complete the piers and have termite pretreat; and begin framing. Yehaw, I cant wait to work with wood!!!!!!

Materials Arrive

I used a Skylift for unloading and placing material on job. Alot of fun to operate, and well worth the cost. The long blue tarp hides the flooring system, 40' beams and 44' joists

XCFSTHIVXVXGJFDXXCX!!!!!!!! WIND!!!!!!!!!!

The long winter has not bothered me, any rain I always welcome. I rarely cuss, but the --------------------- wind is driving me insane. We dont live in Siberia, we dont live in west Texas. I have been on this mountain for 11 years now, and this by far has been the windiest time I've experianced. It rips your tarps to shreds, it blows 4x8 pcs. of foam all over the mountain, it beats you down, it ruins your fires. WIND SUCKS.        There now, I feel better.  Nothing like a rant to get things  off your chest. Much progress has been made in the last week . I am working to complete the piers after the guy I hired to do the job backed out at the last minute. This is hard work involving moving 35 -80 lb. bags of concrete mix and then mixing and pouring them into aprox. 150 concrete blocks layed up as piers. I wont save a bunch of money, but I wont have to wait for the job to miove forward. This is why it is so important to be able to step in and actually do the work needed. Sub- contractor delays will kill a schedule. The flooring system and the entire framing package were delivered this week. I spent all day friday unloading the semi trailer and setting up the materials on the jobsite in the order they will be used. After completing the piers I  have to get them treated for termites, and then I can begin framing. I have never done an engineered floor system , but it looks much easier than traditional framing and that is the point. I dont have any carpenters lined up, but I'm not worried. Things will fall in place soon enough and I have some phone #s to call for help. I will try folks out before making any commitments, and hopefully find someone good.