Foundation in

The forms came off our new foundation on Friday. It looks great. Once again, we are on schedule, and we are very pleased with teh quality of work. The weekend has been pretty wet and rainy, so it's a good thing we've gotten as much done as we have. On friday, I called for quotes on homeowner's insurance-- It's gone up since the last time I needed it! We should have that in place by next week.

In addition, Tim cleaned up the cutting for our power, and there was very little we had left to do on Saturday. It's time to get Lyndonville Electric in there, and get them hustling on the power line. We hope to only need one pole, installed at the base of the drive, from which we will run power underground.

Monday night, Loralee and I will be meeting with Jeb from Old School and Paul the plumber. They are preparing to start laying out the basement plumbing as well as the Radiant Heat system in the slab. Radiant works very well in stone or concrete, but does not conduct as well through wood. We've made the decision to run Radiant ONLY in the basement. Since our primary heat will be the Masonry Stove on the main floor (another form of radiant heat), it does not make sense to install a redundant radiant floor system there as well-- They would complete against each other.

Also this week, Brent will tar the foundation, then Lor and I will insulate it. The 2" insulation board is already on site and ready to go. It would be great to coordinate the installation of the board with Brent backfilling at the same time, but I am not sure it will be possible.