Overall: Going as well as we could hope and expect.
Monday: 4th of July. Spent the morning auditing receipts and the expense spreadsheet, started marking up a floor plan drawing with all of of the window and door rough-in specifications. Reading up on radiant heat installation procedures. Time spent online looking for a rental home.
Tuesday: Received a truckload of fill gravel for the shop, and a slinger truck w/fine crushed stone to complete the house – we will need one more load. Concrete truck arrived with grout to fill the recently completed stem walls for the house east wall and north end of the shop. Hottest day of the year, and we were out in the sun pouring concrete and spreading gravel. Physically exhausted at the end of the day, while being careful not to overdo it.
Wednesday: Another slinger w/crushed stone completes the house. Need a couple more loads of fill for the shop. I formed up a small box for concrete so Carole’s shop will have receptacles in the floor under her work table. Menards delivered 145 4′ by 8′ sheets of 2″ thick foam insulation, which goes above the crushed stone. We have 3500′ feet of PEX tubing which will be stapled to the 2″ foam board. Concrete will placed over the PEX tubing for our heating system.
Thursday: Dump truck brought the final load to bring the elevation of the shop floor up to the planned heighth. At the house, we screeded the fine crushed stone by hand, using a laser level to ensure the entire 32′ by 68′ house floor is as flat as we can make it. Scheduled to receive a pair of slinger trucks for Friday, to get the shop caught up with the house. Rain is scheduled overnight and all day tomorrow.
Friday: weather forecast was accurate. 1/2 inch overnite, and rain all day Friday. Slinger trucks were cancelled due to the inclement weather. Hired the contractor to place and finish the concrete slabs. Making phone calls, working on the slab heat manifolds, and packing for our move in September.
Saturday: purchased hardware to fabricate a restraint system for the slab heat tube manifolds. They need to be properly secured when the concrete slabs are being poured. Unloaded vapor barrier at the site. Called for information on a couple rental homes.
Sunday: met the exterminater at the site to “poison the slabs” (proactively thwart/prevent subterranean termite entry). This task was planned for Friday and cancelled. It is also is pacing the entire project, so thanks to Eric for getting it done on Sunday, which enables Kermit and I to begin work early Monday morning.
