Day 0 - Excavation

Yeah! We finally broke ground! Today I will be calling "Day 0" as tomorrow is when my work begins. Moe, the excavator, dug out the plot for the house and we are ready to start the footings.

The temperature dropped below zero last night and the ground is covered with snow. Whose idea was it to build a house in the dead of winter?

Because of the cold, we will have to wait until next week (when it hopefully warms up) before we pour the concrete so we've decided to pour the footings and foundation in one pour. It'll be a bit trickier to build the forms and set the steel but then we'll only need to have the concrete pump truck for one day (at $500 a day, it'll be worth it).

It's good to finally get things rolling. I've been back and forth from Vancouver half a dozen times in the past month or so and I am looking forward to staying in one spot for the next three weeks.