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The Project: A 2,163 square foot house utilizing dry stack concrete block construction with a central courtyard and based on the Spanish colonial-era missions in San Antonio. The Challenge: Can a forty-something married couple design and build an attractive, efficient and mostly paid-for house while remaining sane, solvent and married? With no actual prior construction experience? Hmmmmm - let's check in on our Contestants and see how they're doing... |
| Getting good subs is critical - some extra work in shopping for skilled labor is worth the investment. Ask your tradespeople "Who would you use if it was YOUR house?" We did a lot of searching before finally settling on a foundation contractor who doesn't set off my weasel alert. Felton proves to be very, very easy to work with. |  |
| We set up batterboards after scraping and leveling the house site itself. I appoint myself Chairman of the Boards. |  |
| The house site has water on 3 sides. This photo taken from the new driveway and features our spiffy new electric power pole (you get excited about stuff like that as an owner/builder). |  |
| A closer look at the batterboards. These will be filled up with sand, trenches will be dug for the plumbing rough-ins and concrete laid in. |  |
| After the batterboards go up, Felton and crew lay the iron in before pouring the concrete. Foundation work is too crucial not to go with a professional contractor's experience, crew and insurance. |  |
| Next: The circus comes to town as we bring in a concrete pump truck, a crew and a lot of big bills here. |
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