Starting the Foundation

When a house is being built there are many stages and processes that have to be accomplished.  However, in general many people think that building a house involves:

1. Foundation

2. Framing

3. In-side work

Although the Wendling family has only had a building permit for 10 days, our builder, Lucchetta Homes, has progressed to the point where the began to create the foundation for our home began today with the pouring of the "footings", the connection of plumbing and the creation of the weeping tile around the house.

The footings outline the structure of the house, including the garage and porches (including walk-outs).  It provides a strong base for the entire home and it poured separately from the basement walls of the house (which will be done tomorrow).

Pouring the cement is quite the task and in fact it is amazing to see all of the technology that is used to make the job easier for the workers involved.  Everything from an extended track and delivery system which comes from the truck, this allows the concrete to be poured easier, to a worker controlling the delivery of the concrete through the use of a remote control device - which was really cool!!

Today it took a few hours to pour the footings and soon after they were poured another truck came and spread gravel within and around the house.  This gravel is part of the weeping tile which allows for water to drain and avoid leaking in a house.  Part of the system which ensures that there is no flooding in the house is a sump pump.  Today the hole which will be utilized by the sump pump was created.

At the end of the day the forms which will help create the basement walls, and the rest of the foundation, were dropped off at our site and will be used to continue the construction of our home.

Stay tuned for more details!!