Here are some picture of building a foundation in Northern Arizona.

9/8/2013 - They got a break in the weather so they could get the cement truck back there to pour the footings:

9/15/2013 - Down at the home site standing near the dining room corner - they started laying block on the footings:

Standing at the corner of the rear bedroom looking along the rear of the house. The pipe is for the septic:

Looking toward the bedrooms wall (the wall looks curved, but it's actually straight):

At the corner of the rear bedroom - looking on the left side of the house and to the right, the rear of the house:

At the dining room corner of the house - to the left the rear of the house, to the right the dining and living rooms:

9/22/13 - Picture from the rear bedroom corner of the house - the gap is for the door into the basement. You can see some of the pink insulation the country requires to be in place before they pour the slab for the basement:

Picture from the garage looking toward the mud room (to the left) and bedrooms (to the right):

Picture from the dining room corner of the house - to the left the rear of the house, to the right the dining and living rooms. You can see the textured block that will be visible on the left, and the standard (flat) block that will be under dirt to the right:

9/29/13 - Standing the basement below the mud room:

The mud room is the pointed area, the front door will be just to the left of it. They're preparing to pour the basement slab later this week:

Picture from the dining room corner of the house - to the left the rear of the house, to the right the dining and living rooms:

10/2/13 - The basement has a floor:

10/6/13 - Looking out of a partially completed window opening in the basement:

Picture from the basement under the dining room corner of the house - to the left the rear of the house, to the right the dining and living rooms:

Picture from the basement under the living room on the left toward the front entrance and mud room in the center and right:

In the garage area looking at the area of the basement under the mud room:

The basement that will be under the side bedrooms:

The back wall of the basement will be wood and stucco:

10/13/13 - The walls are ready to be filled with cement. The back wall of the basement will be wood and stucco:

In the garage area looking at the area of the basement under the mud room:

Picture from the basement under the living room on the left toward the front entrance and mud room in the center and right:

10/28/13 - Looking out the window that will be under the bedrooms. The walls just need the final fill of cement:

10/28/13 - Looking out the window that will be under the dining room:

The wall that will be under the bedrooms. There's some rebar sticking out of the wall where the garage will be attached:

10/28/13 - The back wall of the basement is open, but the other walls are done:

At the edge of the top of the dining/living room wall:

10/28/13 - Primer and rubber sheeting have been added to keep the moisture out of the basement:

Time to eat some lunch in the basement:

11/6/13 - A backer board was placed over the rubber sheeting for protection, then the French drain is down, gravel on top of it, and a cloth on top of that. The dirt then is backfilled over the cloth. The picture is overexposed to make it easier to see the work:

11/7/13 - The dirt is pushed up to the walls and the footers for the garage (to the right of the walls) are dug for inspection and the cement tomorrow:

11/8/13 - Poured the garage footers today:

11/10/13 - A lot was done this past week. The French drain is in:

A lot of the dirt is pushed up to the planned level the walls of the basement:

From the front of the house at the family room corner, you can see some of the footers for the deck in the front and side:

At the dining room corner of the house, the footers on the side and rear for the deck:

The footers for the garage are stepped down to the footers for the house. The block and footers tie to the house with the rebar in the wall:

Enjoying the morning before going out to clear wood:

11/12/13 - Got a lot of the garage done today:

11/18/13 - Filling in the big hole between the garage and the basement with slurry mix (also grouted the finished block today):

12/3/13 - They were also able to finish the garage slab before the bad weather hits. Before they headed home they covered the cement with blankets to protect the cement curing during freezing weather that is supposed to roll in late tomorrow:

12/6/13 - A closer view of the garage (still has blankets on the cement), and the deck behind it will be the entrance to the mud room:

The rear of the garage, the rear door has the blanket spilling out of it, the deck to the right is where the first floor (mud room) is located:

Up on the first floor deck looking down at the garage:

12/29/13 - They took the blankets off the slab for the garage:

12/29/13 - The masons are done - they finished grouting the piers and added window sills:

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