The plumbing is in-

 Kitchen on the east side

 Master bath and laundry room?

This is the part of the plumbing that will be buried under the basement slab.

Pouring of the foundation i.e. basement walls

Aluminum molds the height of the 9 foot walls are used to shape the concrete into the foundation/basement walls.

The equipment used in the pouring of the footers and the foundation walls is huge, complicated, impressive.

Beautiful sunset in the West, another day of progress...

The person actually controlling the flow of concrete is the guy with  the remote control box standing above the action...

The pouring of the footers is very labor intensive, with one worker directing the tube that delivers the cement while other workers even it out, then smooth it out and place a trough down the middle which will recieve the walls of the foundation.

Drilling through solid rock to place the molds for the footers...

Gravel delivery for the foundation

Lots of heavy equipment...big trucks....on the land...the gravel will go on the floor of the excavated area that will become the foundation and the basement floor.

Here you can see the gravel has been spread on the floor of the basement and will become the first layer, upon which will be poured concrete.

Now the reality begins to take shape...

Work on the house was delayed for months due to red tape-a sewer permit was needed from Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) which had to also be submitted for approval by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). Finally Pam could not take it any more and had a melt down, which builder Robert bore the brunt of, and-Voila! the following week a waiver was obtained so we could start work on the house while the application proceeded...much like the transition phase of any birth process...we broke ground on Tuesday, November 1, 2016..

Temporary address sign so workers and contractors know they are in the right place.

Temporary electric pole installed by Duke Energy...

Virgin soil marked for excavation...

PJ and wife make quick work-excavation for house, porch and garage completed in one (very long)Day! The job was made more difficult by the fact that we are building on solid rock!