Batter Up!

Not a baseball term at all! At least I think they are called batter boards for the foundation. Chris stands in the dirt for the foundation that he helped to spread. We always enjoy the work involved in this project and this was no exception. One truckload was enough and until it was spread, Chris thought it was too much! Now it is settling a little while waiting for the plumber.

Speaking of plumber, we are using a guy highly recommended by one of our neighbors. He is reliable and prompt. Here comes the problem, (and when you are building a house there is always a problem). We have had several days of freezing temperatures, lots of people have frozen, split, busted, gushing pipes! Every plumber in town is having a field day! Needless to say this is putting a damper on our plans to have the foundation finished by the end of this week!
Our plumber has also never put in pipes on a concrete foundation, so he has enlisted the help of a friend. Now we have to wait for the friend to finish the job he is on to come work on my house! To add to my grief, Chris has not gotten any other estimates, so this guy is our "go to" guy. I am nervous about what the other plumber will charge to work with our man. What to do if he goes over what Chris thinks it should be! Tell them to stop and not do the work, continue and we bite the bullet, I know I don't know plumbing!
To add to the frustration, they will not start work until about noon today and it is supposed to rain for the next 2 days! We may not get the inspection and concrete poured by the end of the week as we had hoped.

Once we get the plumbing in, we can:
Call for an inspection for plumbing.
Get the foundation sprayed for termites.
Get insurance on the property.
Get a load of gravel for the underlayment.
Call the concrete guys.
Order concrete.
Call for another inspection, I think for the concrete work.
Take camper over to spend weekends in.
Order building package.
Take delivery of said building package.

My carpenter brother will be ready for the roughing in next week! He his giving us 2 weeks of his time to get us to the blacked in stage. Blacking in means we will have windows, doors, and finishing work can begin. Hopefully we'll have a foundation to put it all on!