Water, Water, Too Much Water

Rain continues to be a problem for the foundation. Its rained just about everyday for the last week. The end of last week the temperature dropped so low that it snowed in the foothills. When we got to the property on Sunday you could see a snow covered hill just over the ridge from us. We figure it probably snowed at the property but not enough to stick to the ground.

All this rain made a negative impact on the prep of the foundation. Quite a bit of water was pooled in the trenches for the footings. In some spots the dirt walls of the trenches had collapsed some dirt into the trench. All this damage means that one to two days of work is needed to get things ready for pouring the concrete. The crew worked on this yesterday in hopes of a break in the rain so they could pour tomorrow. However, it now looks like the pour could be Thursday. Maybe. Arg.

Rob is up at the property tonight putting in the last of the electrical conduits. He's really outfitted us with lots of conduits that wil run under the foundation concrete and then come up into the walls. This was especially critical for the great room, so that we'd have outlets in the middle of the floor. In the first photo, the two low-to-the ground, round pipes are the housings for installing the center outlets in the center of the great room. In front of that, next to the plumbing for the bar/counter sink are conduits for the electricity needed for the bar. These will feed the dishwashers, waste disposal, outlets and anything else electrical. The electrical conduits are the smaller, grey pvc pipes with white caps. They are wrapped in a white material that is required by the county. I think it provides some insulation at the point where they go through the concrete.