Woo Hoo We are Digging It!

OK yes that title is corny, but a little corny every day keeps the smiles :)
Well, we did not start on 10/14 as anticipated.  The work started on 10/24.  The foundation has been dug and the next step (which was to occur on 10/28) is to add the footers (have to have that reinforcement to keep the house standing!)

The photo isn't great because of the sun glare, but you get the idea.. it's a hole.  When I saw it I kept saying it's small, why is it so small?  Forgetting that it's the foundation and not really the footprint of the house. 

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UPDATE:
Much work has occurred during the week of 10/28/13.  We now have foundation walls.  The walls being up makes the footprint look much bigger than it did when it was just a hole.  Within these walls are the storage space, the Furnace/Water Heater storage space, the powder room, the exercise room and the finished basement space (man cave).

Egress Window in the basement

 

Foundation Walls

 

 

Peeking in the egress window at part of the basement

 

 

Next week will be a busy week.  On schedule are:
Removing of the forms for the foundation, do waterproofing, install the water and sewer lines, install powder room plumbing.  Weather permitting, the concrete for the garage and driveway will be poured... then the week after starts the framing. 

 

It's getting exciting!