Not too much has happened recently due to the rain. The slab was supposed to be poured last Thursday but we had some pretty bad weather that delayed it until tomorrow (Monday). The ground has been prepped for the slab by the workers.
The fill dirt in the center was packed down with a machine and the workers spread out a plastic moisture barrier on top of the compacted dirt. They then laid out a network of criss-crossed rebar that will act as a reinforcement for the concrete slab. The re-bar is raised up by a series of plastic risers, allowing the concrete to fill in underneath the re-bar, providing a solid support.
The trusses were delivered to the lot on Friday. There are so many different shapes and configurations than I had imagined. Our roof is a 10/12 pitched slope so they are engineered to be pretty steep. The house will begin to be framed on Tuesday so these will be sitting there until then.
The kids had a good time climbing all over them. Corbin has been asked me when we are getting the "wood" for our house so he thought the trusses were all the wood that will be used for the house. I had to explain to him that this was just for a part of the ceiling. He was quite surprised.
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