Well, Alpine Engineering finished the foundation and topographic survey earlier this week and my builder, Ken, rushed them over to the township offices yesterday. They were reviewed and accepted and an inspector was scheduled to do what he does today. My framer has a target date of Monday the 13th for the basement pour. From start (completed basement prep on June 7th) to finish (expected pour date) this new township requirement set us back a month. Some times I feel like this house will never get done. Here's an image of the survey.
It provides some interesting information. First, the first floor of the house is about level with the street, but there's a dip in the middle of the property by almost 10 feet. Combined with the fact that the basement walkout is at about that same elevation, this confirms that we'll need a grinder pump for sewage, unless the sewer hookup is greater than 20ft below the street, which I'm guessing it's not. The survey also marks the approximate wetlands location, which appears to be much farther out than I initially expected. It's about 2 feet lower than the basement foundation, so that's not too bad for drainage. This shows that we're 543 feet from the street and marks the length of all our borders. It's truncated to fit on the page so it looks like we don't go as far out into the water as we really do.
Hopefully next time I post, I'll have some more to post about.
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