Farmhouse Modern
We thought we were being all original like going with a farmhouse modern style. But they just keep popping up these days. Houzz Tour: Unplugging From High Tech in a Texas Farmhouse
The Pour
Happy Hallowe’en. Time for some scary concrete. Fortunately, it’s a lovely day to pour concrete. Today is suddenly significantly warmer. Instead of -1, it was 7 at 6:30 in the morning. Since it’s Thursday, it also means I get a 3 day weekend. Looking forward to that. The body is tired after getting the forms […]
Getting Ready For “The Pour”
Even putting the family to work. Justin is scooping out some fill for the concrete pads that will be holding up our deck. Don’t want no deck collapsing tragedies here. Just had to get the obligatory construction at sunset shot. As usual, sunsets and photography really don’t mix. All buttoned up. We’ve got the forms […]
Building The Great Wall
This is our 10 foot high back wall. And much rebar. Glad to be done with that part for now (still gotta do the floor, so I see more rebar in my future). We will be backfilling in behind, so this wall will be holding back a lot. That’s a lotta fill too. Which, strangely, reminds me of when I was young…
A Foot In The Ground
When I arrived at the site on the day the footings were to be poured, I found this guy with the pump truck already there. He was not happy. Seems he had a hard time getting this beast down our “road” and bottomed out his back end (ha). He didn’t think he could get out. […]
Building Fucking Permit!
Sorry for the language, but after all this process, there is only one word that fits. Let the games begin. Thanks for nothing District of West Kelowna.
Forms & Footings
Reservoir is gone. Can’t even really tell it was there. I kind of miss it. But not really. I’ll be the unskilled labour for the build, which is great since I get to watch it all go up firsthand and will know what is behind it all. I feel sorry for my bosses. I did […]
And We’re Off
It’s a happy day! Finally getting started. First step is to fill the reservoir, creating a path for the dump trucks. Oh yeah, building permit should be ready today. No thanks to the District of West Kelowna.