We went up to the hill the evening after the footers were completed and marveled at the amount of concrete and stone that will be keeping our cabin secure and dry!
Mick was especially excited (probably because he knows better than I do the consequences of a poor foundation and poor drainage).
As you can see, they had already laid out the forms they would use for the basement walls.
The forms went up in short order the next day. The walls were so tall! It was hard to see over them, and rather impossible to climb over. I'm afraid I spent a bit of time trying to figure out how the masons got in and out of the basement, until Mick pointed out the ladder. DUH! :)
The next day they put in the three windows, as well as the door frame for the bottom end of the bilco door. [You can see the door and one of the windows on the far wall in this picture.]
They added the forms for the interior of the basement walls and poured! (They also set up this handy plank for walking up to the top of the wall). :)
They had also poured concrete for the sono tubes, which will hold the posts for the porch.
We weren't quite in our house yet, but being on it is a pretty good start!
When we arrived to the hill Tuesday morning, they were loading the forms back onto the truck.
Which meant that our walls could stand on their own!!
When we were on our way home, Mick said, We stood in our house today. It hadn't sunk in for me until then.
We are pretty excited!
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