You Need A Good Foundation

Progress. We have footings. While walking around the footings today, we came away with the feeling that they made a mistake. They just don't look big enough, but we'll see. Now, a surveyor needs to verify that the footings are accurately placed before the City of Oak Ridge will grant a building permit.

Next comes the "short wall build-up" on a portion of the footings on the back side of the basement where the basement floor is 5 feet above the grade of the next door neighbor. I know it sounds complicated, but the footings at the back right corner had to go down to the original grade level so a 5 foot concrete block wall will be layed up to the basement floor level (it will eventually be covered with brick). While this is going on, the front basement walls will be poured. After these two items are done, the basement floor will be poured. But for now, nothing can now be done until we get the official building permit.