Concrete work complete, Framing started

It has been a few days since our last post but things have been progressing (I just have not been

Main Slab Poured

In floor pipes complete - Ready for concrete - Water well drilled

Rebar & wire mesh complete

Maritime weather - Rained out

Added optimization for smart phones so the the site should look better on your smart phone now.  FYI I

Slab forms braced, 6" sub slab insulation placed, rebar started

Sub Slab HDPE dimpled membrane completed

Rocks from class A gravel are making dents but do not appear to be piercing membrane.  Taped all seams and around sub slab plumbing with Delta multiband tape (~$40.00 / roll 25m long by 60mm wide so pretty expensive).  Vacuumed all water off (had to buy a shop vac. but should come in handy.  It has a 2nd pump to pump out the water at the same time you suck it up through a garden hose) to finish but is

Rained Out

Final Grade for pad with a bit of gravel, Delta MS HDPE membrane and slab forms

Put on a little gravel (class A, which is supposed to be ~3/4" stone minus with a lot of fines for compacting) to get to final grade.  In hindsight I wouldn't have done this and just had Jeremy spend a couple more hours with the dozer and get to near final grade with the shale.  We compacted the gravel with a rented plate tamper but it didn't really compress very well on the very hard packed shale.  Also a