ICF
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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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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
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2/16/2026: First Round of ICFs
Summary with Video Links: Some back filling done for the footers Block arrival unloading, and staging day Trailer can’t make it down the driveway ICF Process begins! Little rainy, LOTS of mud, first 3 rows stacked a laid out Scaffold/Brace… Continue reading
