Concrete Progress

The foundation has made significant progress. The rough plumbing was put in.

Then those trenches were covered back up.

New trenches were dug for the interior footings.

The forms for pouring the stem wall were completed.

And now stem wall and interior footings have been poured.

Note the cutouts in the stem wall where the doors are going to be, leaving room to add insulation below the doors (using purenit or equivalent).

Next steps:

• Prepare and shape the ground.
• Put glass foam insulation on top of the interior footings.
• Add insulation along the interior of the stem wall.
• Add insulation to cover the ground.
• Pour the slab.

Last time I was down there, I experienced a powerful rain storm at the lot – we definitely want to avoid that while putting up the straw walls. Which might happen in the week of July 15, exactly when I was planning to be at the US Go Congress. So I might have to cancel all or part of that, depending on how things go in the next few days.