Pour in, Floor in!

We have a basement floor!

I guess the rest of the pour happened on Tuesday as scheduled, and the wife and I had some time to take a look at it today.  We caught the framing crew setting up the temporary supports for the LiteDeck above.

 Last time I saw the elevator shaft, I was concerned because it was set up for concrete to be poured into it.  There was foam, plastic, and rebar grid in the shaft, so I was wondering if we were going to need a pitless elevator.  I texted Matt the framer and he knew this area wasn't supposed to be poured since there's already a slab/footing in there.  Here's the result.  From the slab/footing to the slab/floor is 8-10 inches, which is perfect for a residential elevator pit.  Awesome.

 The crew installed the second post for the stair support before the pour.  If you look closely, you can see faint markings on the floor used to measure out the curve of the stairwell.  It's just a hair under 4' wide, which I guess is a good width for two people on the stairs.  Standing on it, you wouldn't guess that's a good width because it feels a little cramped.  I guess it's just one of those things that will need to be stood on to get the feel of.

Here's the joint between the first and second pour.  Looks okay and there will be a wall on top anyways.  All the floor is finished to a very smooth surface.  No troweling marks are present anywhere.  Professional job as far as I can tell.

Even thought they're only temporary supports, it really feels like a house is being built.  I can start to imagine the stud walls for the real interior walls.  We're finally out of the dirt!

 They had a good system of measuring and calling out the cut lengths.  All 2x6s and Matt said they would be used later for the final walls.  I'm not sure what he meant by that unless they're planning on ripping them to 2x4 size.

 Here's the edge of the slab at the side walk out.  A 2x4 is used as a form and the slab sits on top of the ICF foundation.  Some day a sliding door will be here.

Here's the rear walk out.  Again, the slab sits on the ICF foundation.  It's great having the basement poured because we can actually get a feel of how much headroom we have.  It's more than enough to get a good hanging pull up in.

Controlled cracking joints are already cut so as far as the basement is concerned, it's done.  The builder will finish the exterior walls with drywall on completion, but that's it.

After the temporary supports are finished, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing will be called in for first floor pass throughs in preparation for the pour.  I'll have to make sure to be there so I can get data line holes.

We're hunting for an interior designer and have met with 2 of 3 candidates.  It's tough to choose one so far because we really don't know what they'll design for us until we hire them.  The landscape designers provided a design concept we could use to make a decision on, but I guess interior designers only provide an expected time schedule and some rough ideas.  If anything needs to be moved on the first floor for plumbing, it will have to be decided pretty quickly.