Despite what some people may say, there is life after footings. The next logical step is to come out of the ground. To give a purpose to all that rebar sticking up by joining it to it's soulmate, the concrete stem wall and concrete retaining walls. As you can see, we have now given a form, an outline for what is to come. The foundation walls are in place so the next step will be fill in that concrete cookie cutter with gravel, putting in some underslab pipes for shower and toilet drain lines and then pouring a floor. The first floor will soon be a reality. I know, if you are like me, you can harly wait for those next pictures of gravel!Side note: We have consulted with several of the who's who in upstate metal roofing and have realized that we will be able to afford to put it on our house. Why metal? some of you may be asking. This has been a dream of ours from the beginning for two reasons. 1) break the monotony of shingles, and 2) to create a "cool" roof which helps to reflect instead of absorb heat and helps to do our small part to reduce global warming. More on this to come...
