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This home has a foundation now and the framing of the basement and burying of the septic tanks has given the landscape a finished look. The views are spectacular.

 

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Straw is placed to help grass seed take hold and you can see the basement framing going up.
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More straw and bales of hay to keep all the dirt in place now that it’s been graded and drainage has been added.
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Septic tank caps and all the septic tanks have been buried and the dirt covered with straw.
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All the grading finished and covered.
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Framing of the basement. You can see the walls taking shape.

Framing of the basement showcasing the door and window placements.

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The great view that’ll be had from here is going to be lovely.
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The lake all framed out by the basement walkout.

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The basement is all framed with the floor for the main level above. The main level framing is going up and you can see the house taking shape. The layout is apparent and next up will be the loft level with roofing going on.

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Main level framing going up.
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The floor for the main level is ready to receive framing.
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The beginning of the main floor framing.
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The sub-floor is all in place for the main level.
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Poured walls on the basement level with main level framed walls above.
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Rear framing with the screened-in porch starting to take shape.
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The main level taking shape, you can see window and door placement.
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Walls being formed on the main level.

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The story of a home continues to unfold: The second story is taking shape. Framing and exterior walls are almost finished. The deck is started and next up the roof will get shingles before we move on to Hardie siding and the interior getting drywalled.

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Framing and adding walls to the second story.
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The second level all framed in with the walls up
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Framing of the second story.
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The bones of the deck getting started.
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More of the deck taking shape.
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The rear view of the house as seen from the lake.
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The side view , you can really begin to see what it’ll look like.
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The stairs to the second level and basement all framed in.

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This site is really starting to become a home construction area instead of just removing tons of rock and making walls with it. We’ve got the poured walls for the basement up and water proofed. The rough-in plumbing is in place and we’ve back filled up to the poured walls. Next up will be the foundation getting poured and the beginning of framing.

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Poured walls with water proofing and staked out rough in plumbing.
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Water proofing being added to the poured walls.
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Plumbing on the inside of the poured walls before the foundation in poured on top.
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Wall forms holding the poured concrete to form the poured walls.
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Extensive view of the wall forms in place.
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The concrete poured walls drying in the wall forms.
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An up close view of the poured walls in the forms.
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Back filling around the poured walls after water proofing them.

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We’re adjusting the driveway and parking area by grading more of the area around them and altering the steepness of the land. Foundations have been poured and now the basement is being framed out and septic lines run. It’s really starting to come together.

 

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The parking area and driveway are having gravel poured to help stabilize them and make them usable during the build process.
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The foundation has been poured and you can see the rough plumbing and rebar coming through it.
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You can see the septic tank lids and the basement framing beginning.
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Even with the rain that we had the basement framing shows the view that they’ll have from here.
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You can see part of the poured walls and foundation that were framing the basement out on top of.

Prep for the foundation to be poured, you can see the poured walls and mesh grid with the rebar and rough plumbing all set for the concrete.

The septic system is in a three-step configuration to fit the size of the house and the grading of the site.

You get to walk around the site and see how the grading of the driveway and parking are laid out.

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The poured walls are in place and we’ve got backfill being finished up. The basement is all framed showing the layout. You can see all the walls, doorways and window placement for the basement.

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Continuing to backfill around the poured walls.
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Framing the wall basement wall facing the lake.
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The basement all framed out showing the interior walls, doorways and window placement.
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Framing the basement.
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Framing meeting the poured walls for the basement.
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Backfill all finished up to the poured walls.
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Delivery of materials, what a balancing act.
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Getting materials delivered to the site.

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The story of a home continues to unfold: Now that the foundation is set we are framing out the basement and main level of the house. You can start to see the layout of the different rooms and the locations of the doors and windows.

Basement walls
Framing the main level.
Dooorways framed
Doorways being framed out.
Floor trusses
Framed out floor trusses for the second story.
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Framing on top of the poured walls.
Main level framed in
Exterior plywood being put on top of the wood framing.
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Framing of the basement walls and stairs.
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Exterior plywood creating the walls.
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Framing of interior walls on the main level.

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This site had tons of large rocks that are now being put to use in creating walls to assist with soil retention while looking very lovely. We’ve staked out the footers and had them poured. The shape of this home will be apparent very soon now. Next we’ll see the poured walls of the basement go up.

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Staking out the placement of the footers.
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Trenches all dug and forms in place for the footers to be poured.
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Ready to pour the footers.
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Footers with rebar in place.
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Letting the footers dry completely before removing the forms and supports.
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Footers poured but with the forms still in place while they set.
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A rock wall built from the rock that we dug up onsite.
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Another rock wall being built from the rock onsite.

 

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The poured walls are getting waterproofed, septic plumbing is being run and grading is going on. The site is starting to look like a home will be here and the rock is being put to good use in building walls around the property to hold up the soil and make it look nice.

The poured walls are marked for the waterproofing to be put on.

Showing more of where the poured walls will be getting the waterproofing layer added to them.

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Grading on the lot right up to the poured walls. A very neat and tidy job has been done here.

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This rock wall is made up of the rock that we dug out to make a level area to build this home in.

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Beautifully graded driveway for this home to be.

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Here you can see the waterproofing that has been added to the poured walls and the earth that’s being pushed back up to them for the main floor to be at ground level.

This shows all the rough plumbing in place for the new house.

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The wall forms were put into place and the concrete poured into them creating foundation walls for the basement. Then we backfill around the sides of them and put in plumbing before pouring the foundation slab.

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Backfill up to the poured walls.
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Backfilling around the poured walls.
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Foundation and rough in plumbing.
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Wall forms and poured walls.
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Wall forms in use for the poured walls.
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Poured walls for the basement.
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Poured walls for the basement of this home.
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Rough in plumbing in the foundation.