{"id":8,"date":"2016-11-04T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2020-07-24T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T21:10:38","slug":"breaking-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/breaking-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grading is going very well. Once the trees were cleared, excavation began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/grading-crew-using-an-excavator-to-level-the-building-site.jpg\" title=\"Grading crew using an excavator to level the building site\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Breaking-Ground-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Breaking-Ground-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Breaking-Ground-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Breaking-Ground-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Because the forrest floor&nbsp;had&nbsp;a foot or two of loamy soil, they first had to dig down to firm&nbsp;soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the site is so much lower than the house, I had 1,000 cubic yards of fill brought in to raise it up. The fill is spread out and compacted layer by layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/excavator-and-bulldozer-parked-on-the-partially-graded-building-site.jpg\" title=\"Excavator and bulldozer parked on the partially graded building site\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Filling-To-Grade-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Filling-To-Grade-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Filling-To-Grade-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Filling-To-Grade-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I wonder if we should have taken more trees out. Some look like they could take the building out if they fell down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dug out the footing and left that dirt piled up&nbsp;around the perimeter to use as&nbsp;backfill once&nbsp;the slab is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/excavator-parked-in-front-of-the-building-site-after-excavating-the-footing-for-the-slab.jpg\" title=\"Excavator parked in front of the building site after excavating the footing for the slab\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cutting-Footing-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cutting-Footing-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cutting-Footing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cutting-Footing-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The grading guys did a really nice job getting everything smooth and flat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now ready to get started on the concrete slab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/blaise-playing-with-sand-at-the-building-site-where-concrete-forms-are-laid-out.jpg\" title=\"Blaise playing with sand at the building site where concrete forms are laid out\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Laying-out-Forms-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Laying-out-Forms-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Laying-out-Forms-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Laying-out-Forms-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The pad is high enough above the forest floor, I should never have issues with flooding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My son wants to spend every waking moment at the building site. A&nbsp;friend got him a digger for his birthday, which works especially well in the loose piles of soil around the footing, and he loves to play with his toy construction vehicles at a real construction site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grading is going very well. Once the trees were cleared, excavation began. Because the site is so much lower than the house, I had 1,000 cubic yards of fill brought in to raise it up. The fill is spread out and compacted layer by layer. 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