Forms and Plumbing Rough

Construction has now begun. The concrete company did the dirt work and forms the end of last week, just a couple of days after Labor Day, and trenched the beams on Tuesday, 9/12. These pictures were taken at dusk on Wednesday, September 13th, as we were nearing completion of the plumbing rough.


Dad and I are talking to the plumber as his crew is packing up for the day. They still have to run a water test on the water and sewer lines to make sure there are no leaks, but that will be done the next day.

Here I am walking the forms with the plumber.

You can almost see down one of the trenches in the dirt work. This is called a grade beam, and they run in a grid thru the slab. Concrete fills these beams as the slab is poured, giving the slab added strength.
Plumbers working on the plumbing rough. The neighbor's house in the background serves as a great landmark for directions, as it is the only house in the neighborhood with a blue metal roof.