Day 25- pony wall

Day 25 started the sunshine basement pony wall

 center wall set up

 pony wall going up NW corner

 SW corner

 looking from east side,
Sheldon started the day early with a hired man to tamp the back fill only to snap a chain on the skid-steer.. this foiled his day as he had planned

 today the naughty puppies got into the tar!!! so they stepped on my capris, the carpet, the deck so TKO orange to the rescue. foot baths, clothing scrubbed, carpets scrubbed and fur cut away and it still was stuck in little paws.

Coco tries to wrestle her way out of Britt's death grip

Day 24 - more wood

Day 24 - bit of rain, overcast and threatened more rain but Rob got more wood up

 center wall built

 convinced Zoe to come out on the ledge

 now she says I'm outta here, this looks dangerous

 view from the west side

 floor joists waiting to be put to work

 Sheldon fills the gas trench

Zoe is not sure how to cross the cavernous trench.. today was a dirty puppy bath after going to the ranch!

Day 23 - wood goes up

Day 23 Rob has power and gets the outside basement walls up

 

 the many piles of dirt, gravel, clay and top soil landscape

Day 22 - Power to the basement

Day 22 - Rob our framer started to build but had power issues from the pole so did not get started,
 I was nominated "gopher" so off to the city I went for electrical supplies.

 west wall

 south wall

 garage

 north wall

Matt the electrician and Sheldon get to work to install the power panel

the first pile of lumber to start the house

 success on the power!
the girls conditioned ponies while I fed but mosquitoes are the size of small sparrows and hungry like vampires! then Britt and I ran over to RJ for 4-H where Sheldon and Shaina joined us for a barbeque!

day 21 - trenching

Day 21 was a very busy day for trenching.

Our good friend Grant started at 10 am and trenched until 9 pm with just a lunch break.

 heading to the water well

 the basement was also waterproofed

to the power pole

Day 20 - tree planting

Day 20 saw Britt and myself off to another 4-H horse show,

Sheldon stayed home and planted the 500 trees.

 perhaps these are a little too close? I did suggest two rows of spruce but seems he was concentrating on efficient use of space.

 yes they are wee but hope they take hold, they were the moldy things posted a few days back.

they are there.. I think.

Day 19 - Basement reveal

Day 19 bright and early they removed all the forms

 south end -window to Kaylin's room

 

Shaina's room window SW corner

 rec room west side

Sheldon asking where waterproofing should go up to

picture is a bit distorted as my stance on the dirt pile was a bit shaky :-)

 then we headed to Calgary to drop girls at polocrosse practice

and we met with our designer lady Lisa and chose all flooring's and paint.. only took 3 hours!!