This is the flooring, tiles, and colors Stacey and I chose for the house. We spent hours at Guys Flooring coordinating these colors and styles. The photo looks like a lot of basic neutral colors, but trust me HOURS of work went into picking this color scheme.
More foundation work the last couple of weeks. First the footers were poured (last blog photos) next comes the foundation forms. A small crane sets the forms, then the concrete guys set it all up.
Not the best day to be working outside. Foggy, misty and cold.
Two days later and BAM!!! Foundation! Stacey and I have a theory. See how high foundation is compare to the "monster" house next door? Since Stacey and I have a ittybitty house. The builder is setting the house as high as possible to make it "look" taller and bigger. Just a theory.
The foundation forms are back in their cradles and ready for pick up.
Colorado has expansive soils and steps are needed to prevent damage to the foundation and house. Swelling soil contains clay and absorbs water and shrinks when it dries. Home builders need to design the homes to defend against expansive soils and landscape to properly drain surface water. If you look at the bottom of the photo below you will see a trough. I large PVC pipe with holes on the top is laid along the foundation footers to collect water (hopefully water never makes it down that far) and drains it into the sump pit.
Heavy duty plastic was also used as a barrier from water. All this got filled in before I could see exactly what they did with the plastic.
9ft ceilings in the basement. This space will be unfinished and is below the upstairs bedroom. It will have the furnace, water heater and storage.
Next day they started back filling the dirt around the foundation. I have no idea how they got the backhoe in out from behind the foundation.
Not sure what the PVC pipes and caps are, I'm guessing its part of the drain system. I will ask Saddletree.
Garage and basement cement was poured. Driveway looks like it could be kind of steep.
3rd care garage, notice it is a couple feet shorter than the main garage. No Stacey and I did not carve our love for each other in the wet concrete.
Lots of natural light will be in the basement since these windows are above ground (mostly). Stacey's fireplace will be between these two windows.
Basement view looking back toward the street. Right side are 2 bedrooms, center is the bath room (see the plumb in the back) and left is the rec. room. The center\front pipe is the drain for the wet bar.
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