Greetings,

The last couple of days we have been inching away at the excavation, we have had a few hang-ups concerning the septic and the elevation of the house. That is o.k., because the foundation is the most important part of the house, so I don't mind having a little slippage on the schedule. Tomorrow I have an engineer coming over to do a perk test, and to give a recommendation on the type of septic system to use. As long as we do not have to do a pressurized system than we should stay within our budget.

Today we started getting the fill delivered from Alaska Roadbuilders. They have a material that is called "regect sand" that is of no use to them on their larger road building, but it is great for foudations and driveways, and it is a little more affordable than pit-run.

One of the issues that comes up while the excavation crew is preparing the pad for a foundation is that they need a source of water to help with the compaction process. If you have neighbors that are approachable, ask them if you could hook a hose up to their house. This keeps the excavator from having to import water to the jobsite.

We are still waiting for the updated version of our house plans from our cad designer. We have to have those done so that we can turn the concrete guys loose next week. My biggest concern besides the septic issues right now is whether or not we are going to lose our framing crew if we have too many delays from not having the new drawings. We need to get our framing package ordered, trusses ordered, windows ordered etc...., and the finished drawings are needed for that.

Cash21