Category: Home building

Dirty Deeds We have a loan! Yay! Yay? Yes, it's a good thing - no loan, no house. Everyone will tell you that every step in building a house takes longer than you expect, and I will be no different. We picked our builder in the beginning of June, submitted our loan application July 2nd,… Continue reading Punaro Glen Construction: End of October →

Incremental progress over the last couple weeks. Drain tile and waterproofing was added. Front drain tile and waterproofing Drain tile on rear of house One the foundation was inspected, backfilling and rough grading was done. Backfilling and Grading - From the front Backfilling and Grading - From the garage end Backfilling and Grading - From… Continue reading Punaro Glen Construction: Mid-October →

Let's start off with a video of the foundation wall forms set in place before the concrete was poured... https://youtu.be/JRd8yOIrzcA That also saves me a lot of typing! After this, they do exactly what you expect - fill with concrete, like so... Forms filled with concrete More filled forms... How they block out the forms… Continue reading Punaro Glen Construction: End of September →

In our last episode, we were still waiting on the building permit. That permit was issued without any further delays or lectures, so the builders got moving with pouring the footers. Footers viewed from the house side As of yesterday, the forms have been removed and they are prepping to set the foundation walls. Many… Continue reading Punaro Glen Construction: Mid-September →

We have a hole in the ground! View from the road side of the house Looking from the end of the garage back towards the house/street Only problem... we don't technically have a building permit yet. They can't set the footers until they have the permit. We've been stuck in this loop of the building… Continue reading Punaro Glen Construction: Beginning of September →