Addition Floor and GREAT NEWS!

Russ and I worked all day yesterday to get a frame up for the floor of the addition. He finished up the floor joists today. It is sooo very exciting to see things moving forward. It is 28'x8'. It is designed to make our living room and my craft room larger.

We got GREAT NEWS last week. Russ and his dad went to see the folks at the Bexar County office. They happened to talk to THE guy that makes the decisions. He agreed to allow us to intall our septic even though the septic permit is still on hold. AND he agreed to let us have temporary power. We can use temp. power for up to six months. Once we get the septic inspected and passed, they will release us to get permanent power.

I was beginning to wonder whether we would have to run on solar and wind power...

The House Stands on Its Own

Dodson's House Moving came out and took out their shoring from under the house and it now stands on OUR foundation.

Our next step is to start the addition. We are installing 4x4s instead of telephone poles for logistic reasons. But the structure will be very sound. The telephone poles are way more than the house needs to hold it up. We plan to get the floor joists installed this week. That way, we can start installing the framing for the deck so the stair stringers can be installed. Then we will actually have a way to get into the house without using an extension ladder. We also are planning to put in the center piers before the end of the weekend.