Week 2 - Week of June 18, 2007

This week the following construction events were completed:

1 The under slab sewer and plumbing lines were installed. Pressure testing commenced.

2 The water meter was installed.

3 A connection was made to the public sewer system.

4 We had our initial "Builder" meeting to review the home plans and options.

5 Added fill dirt was placed inside the forms.

6 The area for some of the footers was dug out.

7 Rebar to reinforce part of the footings and tie to the concrete block walls was delivered to the site.

8 A Porta-Potty was placed on the site.

9 A "form board survey" was completed and sent to the city for review.

10 Pringle sent me a Notice of Commencement to sign, have notarized, and return. This is for the screen cage, which is outside the house perimeter and apparently requires a separate document. We returned this.

11 Cliff, our Builder, notified the inspectors that an inspection would be needed next Tuesday before the slab could be poured.

Week 1 - Week of June 11, 2007

This is one of a series of blogs about our experience in designing / building a house and making it our home in a new development in Mount Dora, Florida during the 2004 - 2007 time period.

This section provides weekly summaries of what was completed during construction. For more information, see http://lakesofmountdora.org .

Our Construction Start Date was to be June 18, 2007. However, construction started a few days early, on June 12, 2007.

This week the following construction events happened:
1 Permit box posted, with Building Permit and plan set.

2 lot staked for the lot corners and the house footprint.

3 Three dumpsters were delivered to the front of the lot.

4 The forms for the slab were set.

5 The density of the dirt within the forms was inspected.