Forms 3

What a forlorn long weekend this has proved to be. It rained every day. We had arranged a 4 day weekend thinking we'd accomplish so much and still have time to do something relaxing.

At the cottage lot, we worked on the footing forms again, hoping to finish the forms for the foundation. It is our hopes to have the cement truck come in next weekend. We've arranged for Daniel and Amanda to come out and help us. The following week we can build the piers and by June we should be able to start construction of the frame. That's the plan anyway, but then we're already a year behind schedule. The plans took 3-4 months longer than we expected. What makes us think we'll be on schedule this time?

When we showed up to work we found a calling card from the local inspector pinned to one of the sawhorses. He'd put a date on it, so had stopped by the day before. Not good we thought. We weren't done.

Since we're building on bedrock, the rock below the forms must be cleaned really, really, REALLY well. And they were not at that point. It had rained (again) of course, but we lucked out. Having feared mud washes in the bottom of each form, we were delighted to see only small puddles of water and the odd plant material (leaves, seeds, etc). The rock is not level and in some spots we had to go quite deep. It's difficult to clean out those deep abysses. But things progressed well and we went home feeling we had accomplished alot.

Now if the rain holds off and doesn't wash mud into them again we'll be all set.

When we got home, we are pleased to have a message on the answering machine from the inspector. He gives us the green light to proceed.

Bill called the cement company to make arrangements, but they don't work on Saturdays. I have arranged to trade days off then and we will try for Friday. Not sure if Daniel and Amanda will be able to help us though.