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4/19/2026: 2nd Wall Pour and Let the Trusses Begin!
Summary: Monday-Tuesday –> Utah ICF John came back Installed bracing and scaffold 6″ of morning snow! 4th and final Pour and Pump Truck Truss arrival Truss Sorting Truss installation done by Team Family Truss Recap Hey All! It was a… Continue reading
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4/13/2026: 2nd Level ICF Stacking Complete
Summary: Greenhouse burmon hanger installation First rebar header/lintel built Finished stacking top course of ICF blocks Built out all rebar headers/lintels Ran all vertical rebar Bathroom Demo! ICF’s Stacked Lintel built Bathroom still functional 🙂 All opening bucks cut and installed… Continue reading
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4/5/2026: First Recordable Injury.. Doh! Rain, & ICF Round 2
Summary: Almost finished subfloor First recordable injury.. NOOOO!!! (Viewer Discretion on Some Pics) Tarps snow and rain Little to no progress 😦 Stair stringer construction Steel hole drilling Miracle neighbor randomly stops to help mount stair stringer assembly Clean up… Continue reading
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3/22/2026: Summer Arrives Early?! – Solid Week!
Summary Lots of progress Subfloor is installed on first floor First wall framed Garage steel beams both adjusted to level out the floor Gravel delivered, installed in garage floor and compacted Lots of demo work to install the last steel… Continue reading
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3/15/2026: Backfill…… Complete!!
Summary: Went to Utah Sun-Wed so short week Couldn’t place because glue was delayed 😦 BACKFILL DONE! Finished installing hangers in steel beam Hi all! We went to Utah for the first half of the week so we definitely… Continue reading
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3/9/2026: Floor Joists and MUD GALORE
SUMMARY: 1st Garage beam install Predrilled holes don’t work.. Doh! 2nd Garage beam install – Much smoother Chicken coop conduit run First Ledger Board Install Hangers installed on ledger board Floor joists started Finished floor joists Steel beam hanger installation started… Continue reading
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3/1/2026: Hole Patch, Mud Galore & Water Triumph! Also a Backfill Showdown
SUMMARY: Monday – Bracing Removal and Void Patching One more epic fail 😦 Final fix – fingers crossed Flooring wood package arrives! Friday-Saturday – Never ending backfill Hey all!I can’t believe another week has come and gone. And it’s not… Continue reading
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2/22/2026: The Storm, Concrete, and Water Woes! (With my Epic Fail)
SUMMARY: Got most everything finished monday night for pour day. Crazy scrambling by Karianne and I to increase bracing Very little sleep Monday to Tuesday Last minute scrambling the morning of Prayers are answered, its a perfect weather day Anticlimactic… Continue reading
