Then, we continued along our strict schedule to have the ICF walls filled with concrete by the end of August:
We were both so happy to have gotten to this point. . . to have actual walls!! Plus, the excellent work of Ralph Siebert and his concrete crew at put us at ease!
We removed the "safety" fencing and started to backfill the walls with gravel. We are grateful to our friend and neighbor, Sam Friday, for loaning us his Kubota tractor:
Then, Matt added a course of CMU's to make the ICF wall a little taller in order to work with our landscaping grades:
Then, were were swamped with another load of gravel!
Thankfully, Susan, John, and Jay came down for a grueling weekend of moving gravel. Together, we were able to backfill all of the interior ICF walls. We were all VERY sore after moving 20 tons of gravel, literally 20 tons! John had just had a bike wreck, too. Those Mihalevich's are such hard workers!
Our next goal was to have all the foundation repair completed, slab installed, and exterior stairs by the end of September. Somehow, we did it!
Window and door bucks installed for foundation repair to be completed:
Underslab plumbing:
Stego Wrap vapor barrier. . .we are not messing around with moisture in this basement!
Concrete slab:
And, finally, the exterior stairs! We spent a long night building our stair forms:
Then, had the concrete scheduled for the next day. . . after inspection approval, of course:
Thanks to David Higgins and a long night of work, we had a beautiful finish on the concrete stairs. . . and we remain on schedule!
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