Thursday, July 12, 2007

The First Floor!











The Kitchen




The Bump out












The Concrete Wall



































































The Basement Wall cont.







In case of attack or tornado, join us in our ultra re-bar reinforced underground bunker/basement. The structural engineer who designed the basement must have stock in steel.



Waterproofing while the rest of the state floods has it's challenges......
Come hell or high water (and it came) they finished the wall ahead of schedule!









Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Laying blocks







Pouring Concrete

Big Tex



480 horsepower Concrete Pump Truck
with High-Force dual shaft cylinders that deliver
200 yards and hour at 1300psi
4 booms with a horizontal reach of 120 ft
Remote control boom operation
Grosse weight 78,260 lbs
And it’s even got a cup holder




































Pouring the Slab













































Wednesday, June 13, 2007

And from the mud rose our foundation....

Dad, me, Sam, & some guy's ass


Forms




Laying Steel








Cookie break



1st Anniversary == mud























The Dig













Before the holeDigging

Man vs. Machine
Then came the rain


Who backed up the commode?