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Adventures in Construction
April 11th, 2010 3 Comments
Ironically, now that my new site is live there is very little painting news to report! My big plans for the Spring and Summer are to help my friend John build a house for my mother, and we hit the ground running this week. After having been shut out for months by an early, cold Winter, we were finally able to pour the concrete footers on Wednesday. It turned out to be a marathon effort in unseasonably hot weather … the trucks could only pull up to one spot, so there was a whole lot of wheelbarrowing to do.
In the end, we were just short of having enough concrete, but the next day John was able to fill up several trash cans full from the concrete place, and we patched up the remaining bits without trouble. Now our forms for the walls are all stacked up and ready to be assembled on Monday … if all goes well we’ll do another pour on Wednesday, and that will be that.
With the footers in, the whole building site feels much more substantial. John can’t wait to get to the woodwork, my mom can’t wait to move in, and I’m just happy to be a part of it all!
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You are working so hard! We just had dinner with your mom, and she is very excited about the house. What a wonderful project! Nancy and Vince
Great to hear from you! This is a really special project, and the piece of land is so beautiful. I can’t wait to post some pictures once we get out of the ground….
What are your rates for house building? If you are as good at building houses as you are at painting portraits, sign me up!
Love the new website – VERY user friendly!