Red tape, red paint

    Looks like we've hit a temporary snag that will cause a little delay in the basement pour.  I guess when we initially applied for our building permit, the person who usually handles the permitting process was on vacation.  Because of this, we got approval on our build without obtaining a topographic survey of the build site.
   When we applied for the permit to pour the basement, the missing topo survey was discovered so there's a temporary halt placed on the build until we fulfill the requirement.  Ken called out our surveying firm to schedule a topographic survey and submit it to the county.  Until then, we can't complete any tasks that require a permit.  Luckily, DTE was still able to install power and some smaller tasks were completed.

 Here's where that pit was dug near the front of the property.  There used to be two pylons here, but now there's one.  DTE was required to obtain permission from the DEQ and bore under the driveway since it crossed over a designated preserve culvert that passes under the driveway.  You can see the remnants of the trenching in the back ground, and a cute Frenchie named Chloe in the foreground.

   Here's the only pylon near the front.  It's labeled "Charter" so I'm assuming it's for Charter cable.

   Shot of the driveway.  The sand on the left is all that's left of the trenching process.  Maybe when we level this, we'll be able to flatten out the mounds and have some space on the sides of the driveway.

   Approach to the house.  DTE coordinated with Consumers for gas, AT&T for telephone (never going to use it) and Charter for cable.  From what I understand, they're in different depths in the trench with electrical being the deepest.

    Here's the ground transformer cabinet and a pylon for telecommunications.  One cable enters the box and two leave to power the house main, and EV charging/geothermal

   You can see some of the coaxial on the left of the picture.  The core was about 18 gauge and there was probably a 1/4" of insulation surrounding it.  Very hefty coaxial.  I couldn't find evidence of it leading to the house, but it will probably be installed later with a trenching machine.

  Here's the top of the telecom pylon.  I'm guessing both AT&T and Charter goes in here, ready to be connected to the house.

    Here's the path through the "Front yard" that the trenching took.  I think they dodged enough tree roots to not cause any major damage.  We really want to keep all these trees.

  The power is connected but the meters aren't in place.  You can see that one line goes to the house main on the left and one goes to the joint boxes for EV and geothermal on the right.  The DTE coordinator said that the meters should go in this week and we'll finally have power on site.

  Here's the mega gas meter.  The pipes are way larger than what I have at my current house because we said that we're going to be installing a back up generator and possibly a pool heater.  It sits on the corner of the house, under the turret/porch.  There will be a retaining wall coming off this corner.

   The crew took this "down time" and painted all the steel with rustoleum.  You can also see the exterior course of ICF that was added to the first floor.  This will allow the first floor concrete pour to go to the exterior ICF and tie in with the rebar spikes in the basement walls.  The first floor ICF walls will also tie into these rebar spikes, so the whole structure will be tied together.

    No pouring in the basement, but all the beams and posts are painted.

   I can't wait until there's some concrete in here.  I think everything has been accounted for.

 They started installing some of the LiteDeck that will go on the back porch and gazebo.  They also constructed a short retaining wall in the unconditioned storage space that will be under the deck.  The area on the right will be full height, around 7 feet.  There will be 3 feet from the top of the wall to the ceiling.  This will allow for some longer items to be stored under the gazebo and deck on the left.

  Here are the two kinds of rebar that will be used in the LiteDeck floor.  Two of the thicker pieces on the left will be placed in the "beam" areas of the floor.  They're about 5/8" thick.  The thinner will be placed in a normal grid on top, in the slab and are about 3/8" thick.

Hopefully the "as is" building permit will be approved soon and we can get the basement pour in before July 4th.