2016 04 26 Gabion Cages Arrive, Rough Electric, Gabion Grading ..
April 12. The cages for the gabion walls arrive, pre-rusted, from Oregon .. these are for the walls that will surround the house, up to the floor level. There will be other free standing gabion walls but they will not be built until late in the project, so they are not in the way.
April 13. More rough electric work. This is the northwest corner of the house where power comes in from Nevada Energy. It is close to there the solar array will be located.
April 26. More grading for the gabion walls around the perimeter.
2016 04 11 Waterproofing, Drains, Rough Electric ..
Waterproofing of the exterior starts ..
After waterproofing the perimeter is graded for the gabion walls that surround most of the house:
Followed by installation of foundation drains, and rough electric:
2016 04 01 Some Snow, Stem Wall Forms Taken Down ..
Stem walls were poured on Friday, the forms were taken apart starting the next Monday. This took several days, and there was snow towards the end:
March 30: The site is getting cleaned up, very neat by now ..
By April 1 the forms were gone and the site was very clear:
