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Foundation

Dealing With Water on the Site

August 15, 2018

Rain water runoff in a small town.
Pouring the House Foundation

August 13, 2018

Finally out of the dirt!
Forming and Placing Concrete for the Garage

August 8, 2018

Starting with the garage will give us covered storage.
Pouring the Footings

July 31, 2018

Placing the concrete and stripping the forms.
Forming the Footings

July 27, 2018

Pinning the footings to the batholith with steel and epoxy.
An Easier Way to Drill Rock

July 25, 2018

The dirtbag Is your friend.
Breaking Apart the Toughest Rocks

July 23, 2018

Our strategy: A rock drill and Dexpan.
Start With a Steel Deck

July 11, 2018

Atop the foundation of steel and concrete is a metal pan deck supporting a 4-in. poured-concrete slab.
Footings Are Dug

July 9, 2018

The big excavator has done its job.
Moving Bedrock: The Egg Drop

July 9, 2018

If we can't dig it out, we've got to break it up somehow.