Piers and Patio Foundation

This week was spent preparing the foundation for the new parts of the house and shoring up the areas inside the house that will take on a bigger load from the second story. When we went by last Saturday the holes had been dug for the piers, and all this week the guys worked to prep the area for the concrete team. The structural engineer came out yesterday and as far as we know he gave his blessing for the concrete to be poured tomorrow! The "living areas" of the house will be pier and beam and the patio will be slab, so by tomorrow the patio will be done and the piers will be ready for their beams ;) It is really fun to get to see the footprint of what the first floor will look like.

Initial impressions: It looks awesome! The patio is a great size and the back part of the kitchen is a good size. The master bed seems a little small, but we measured it out at home and it is definitely big enough! Just strange how from different perspectives things can look different.

I'm sure we will get a better picture of what the house is really going to look like very soon- the first load of wood was delivered today!

Here's a picture of some of the old beams under the master bedroom. 

Nice tree stumps! Look how they weren't even touching the floor! 

Picture of back part of house last Saturday:

Here is the same angle today:

For perspective:

Wood!