New Home Construction Update: Ready for Walls

The block foundation is completed and the floor is down!

My husband and I are certainly learning the consequences of building during the cold weather months. The cold, wet conditions have caused slower progress and a lot of mud!

In addition to the weather, there were a couple of other issues that has delayed progress. First, our mason found an issue with the measurements on an area of our house plans, which required new measurements for our trusses (Good thing we hadn’t ordered them yet!). Then, the shipping of our 9-foot 2×4 studs were delayed several days due to being on backorder, which caused over a week delay for the construction of our walls (thanks Covid!). The measurements have now been taken for the trusses and the order has been placed, but they won’t be ready for about three weeks. In the meantime, we did receive the 9-foot studs, so the builders can finally begin on the walls this week, if weather permits.

In less exciting news, we also had 250 feet of conduit installed for our underground electric service, which is only good for temporary service for now. Once the house is ready for electric, the permanent service will be ran the remaining 120 feet to the house. This not-so-glamorous, but necessary, project was my least favorite and turned our once graveled driveway into a muddy dirt road. Still, I know we are truly blessed to be having this home-building experience, so I’m trying to stay positive and remind myself that these issues are only temporary.

Looking ahead, it will be exciting to see the structure of the house take shape, so I’m looking forward to the building progress in the next few weeks. Hopefully, the weather will be cooperative, and I will have more updates to share very soon. Until then, I have plenty to do around our current home.