Front Porch - Flashing & Forms in Progress
Today was date day! Rusty and I spent the entire afternoon at the house…93 degrees, buggy, dirty…it was glorious. It definitely reminded me that we are great together;-) We got both bathtubs upstairs which given the fact that those puppies have been delayed nearly 8 weeks, was thrilling. I finally got to ShopVac the mucky leaves, mud, and gunk out of the metal lip that’s built into the bottom of our basement walls – disgusting but gratifying. Rusty built the tub deck up with OSB in preparation for the tub being installed on Tuesday and then we both worked on the concrete forms for the covered porch in back.
Side Porch - Form Ready for the Pour
Rusty and his Dad put electrical on hold awhile back to do a lot of work on the front and side porch truss systems. When planning for the porches, we decided to go with trusses to support the concrete pads that will be poured on each. This is not the typical arrangement but after pricing steel systems, cost made us seek alternative support possibilities. If we had it to do over again, we would go the same route but we would have ordered and installed them differently. This would have saved Rusty and his Dad nearly 3 weeks of sweaty, manual labor and a lot of head scratching;-)
Working on the Back Porch Forms
The modifications were completed last week and the porches are ready for the concrete pour which should happen early this coming week. The finished product looks awesome…the heat slowed them down but the work couldn’t be better. Our concrete guy offered Rusty a job doing form work whenever he’s tired of teaching (he respectfully declined).
Starting the Leveling Process
Today we switched gears to building concrete forms for the support posts for the back porch. I did ladder work, plumb bob suspension, and hole digging while Rusty shoveled gravel, leveled, and built the forms. After plugging “shoveling” into an online calorie calculator, I found out that I burned ~300 calories per hole I dug. Yeah, baby!
HINDSIGHT IS 20/20: After being amazed by my husband’s expertise, I asked him, “When have you done this before?” His answer, “Never – I’m completely guessing.” Porch occupancy: Unknown. Enter at Your Own Risk.
Of course you can trust me...;-)
Tags: calorie, concrete forms, porch, ShopVac, truss
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