After the footings were poured they started on the foundation walls. The garage is being built into the hill so 2 of its walls are poured. The basement walls are 10 feet then there will be a 12 inch (or more) truss on top. So the total height from the main floor to the basement floor is about 11 feet. To put is simply, it is so many feet from the main floor to the lake. Do we want the steps inside the house or outside the house? I elected to put as many inside as possible!
Footings are poured, starting to set up forms for walls
A good photo of frost wall forms
Narrow 2 walls are for stairs going to basement from garage
A scary situation where the bank is under cut. Worried about trees falling.
Called my Happy chainsaw guy to cut the 2 dangerous trees. He climbed them, and took them down piece by piece.
Pouring 4' frost walls
Screen porch frost walls
Wall sticking out by itself is retaining wall. There will be a door just to the lakeside of it.
Starting to put up basement walls. Rectangular wall enclosing the cold storage area under porch
Taking forms off frost walls
Back filling frost walls. Forms up for the road side of the lower level.
Retaining walls for garage and putting the crushed rock around the frost walls
Laying out drain tile
Laying the crushed rock layer. They use the same concrete conveyor .