This blog documents the progress of our super-cool, pre-fab home "somewhere" in the wilds of Northwest Arkansas. Rocio Romero designed the home, model LVL, and incorporated our custom modifications. GC Don Lourie is doing the build and architect Brad Satterwhite is providing additional ingenuity.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Crawlspace Takes Shape

Visited SFH over Memorial Day weekend. Don and Jeremy have really made progress. Here you can see the insulated concrete forms in place. They go together like giant styrofoam Lego blocks. The hollow middle will be filled with concrete next week.

George and Nate "helped" rake a load of sand that will be the subfloor of the crawlspace. We'll eventually add plastic sheeting as a vapor barrier. But until then, who knows, we could make miniature Secret Fortress Hideout Sand Castles under the house...

Monday, May 21, 2007

Footings

Don and Jeremy got the footings poured over the weekend. According to Don, the house is now "officially connected to the earth."