Our Structural Engineer takes a lot of pictures at each of his many inspections. Here are some that help show the progress of the build.

Looking south down the hall from the small bathroom

A north bedroom

Looking towards lake side door and Mechanical/Laundry room

Top of sump pump tank and Mechanical/ Laundry Room plumbing

Looking towards main bathroom and southwest bedroom doors

Southeast bedroom

Looking north towards the small bathroom

Looking east from the back of the south side deck

Looking north from the east side deck

Here are a couple of pictures taken by our builder.

Floor rebar before the pour looking south towards where the main bathroom will be

This is after the floor was poured and finished. Looking north towards the small bathroom

This is the floor in the large south east bedroom with support structure for ceiling slab as designed by the structural engineer

According to our builder the floor is curing nicely and he has started building the support structure for the pouring of the ceiling concrete. However, there is no evidence of anything happening from the outside. We will try to get our builder to send a picture of what is happening on the inside.

Last Photo received on Dec 16th at 4:00 pm

The last picture from the webcam was uploaded at 4:00 pm on Friday. The temperature has been extremely cold overnight and it may have been so low that the camera  shutdown. Unfortunately those who we would normally ask to try to restart it have come down to the coast for Christmas. Therefore, there may not be any new pictures from the webcam for at least a week or so.

Even though the temperature was really cold, our builder has gone ahead and poured the concrete for the first floor slab. I guess the heaters will be running full out for a while.

Yesterday, the RDOS inspector inspected the under slab plumbing and it was approved. The radeon collection work was also inspected – the poly seal was in place in 4 out of 5 bedrooms and radeon rock was being installed. Approval was given but the Builder needed to provide pictures after the work was completed. The perimeter drain tile and dampproofing also received an initial inspection; however, the geotech needs to do field review before approval will be given.

The Structural Engineer did an inspection today in preparation for pouring the slab which is planned for Monday starting at 8 am. Even though Monday is expected to be the coldest Dec 12th on record with the daytime high of -11 deg C and overnight low of -16 deg C (previous record low was -11 deg C), our Builder insists on going ahead. He has 3 large electric heaters running continuously to ensure the inside of the house will be warm enough for the pour.

The temperature is really cold but our Builder is continuing to move forward. Today the plumber is on site to put in the under slab pipes and the sump pump. The ABS glue needs at least 7 deg C so lots of heat will be needed. Currently large electric heaters are running and propane heaters will be added.

Our Builder is hoping to pour the first floor slab next Monday, which he will confirm later this week. Once the slab has adequately cured he can start building the concrete ceiling forms according to the design that was done by the Structural Engineer.

It appears that the wall forms have been removed. The rock slinger is being used to put more rock into the building. The under slab plumbing and radeon collection pipes will need to be put in place before the slab can be poured.

Today we got the results for the 7 day concrete test done. The strength was up to over 21 mPa which is at 70% of the expected final strength. The tarps have been removed and the forms are being dismantled. It is good to see some action happening again but the temperature is expected to drop significantly over the next week so I wouldn’t be surprised if the next concrete pour gets put off for a bit.