Getting the Footers Dug and Putting the Plumbing in the Ground

Back to 11-9-17.

The concrete crew came and hand dug the footers around the perimeter of the pad.  That took them all day.  Thankfully that will give Mike and I a full weekend to do all of the plumbing before the concrete is poured.


11-10

The metal/rebar delivery which will be in the footers and the slab:

It's time to get to work and Mike is really going to have to put on his thinking cap.  A lot of calculations need to be done to make sure "all" of the plumbing is on before the concrete is poured.


First we laid out the 4 inch pipes to the side of the pad.  Then we started digging.  At least it is easy at this point as it is just sand:

You can see behind where the septic will be located:

In between this we are still getting sand delivered and Mike has to make sure it gets pushed down the hill before a new delivery:

It's getting bigger.  We need about 25 feet by 50 feet on the top...so about 20 loads of sand:

Mike grading the top in preparation for the next truck load:

And back to plumbing:

Just the beginning of getting the pipes cleaned and glued:

Now there's a configuration.  This is for the tub drain, 2 inch, and the toilet, 4 inch:

Those pipes are in the sand and time for the next section:

Tub, toilet and sink pipes are in.  Moving on the utility room:

And then the kitchen area.  Using level to make sure all pipes on the end will flow into the main 4 inch pipe and then out the end:

Adding the extensions to run the pipes inside the walls:

Covering what we completed:

And just when things were going smoothly.  The tractor got a flat tire and our sand man is going to meet us early the next morning:

We must be tired, lol.  We dragged out the jack when we could have lifted the tractor off the gorund using the bucket.  Sometimes, lol:

The tire came partially off the rim.  We had to clean all of the hardened much off first and then use the compressor to blow all of the sand out and fill with air.  Mike used a hammer to bang the tire to pop it back onto the rim.  Hopefully it holds until the morning.

We are back the next morning and the tractor is good:)

This is the last section to do.  It is for the second bathroom which is a repeat of the first section in reverse.  The digging is getting harder as we need a slope going down to this end.  We are now in the hard/clay/much stuff:

Getting the trench dug for the pipe to exit out and into the septic lines:

Vanity sink pipe in and toilet pipe ready to be installed:

Two out of 4 are done:

The main 4 inch pipe making a turn to go out to the septic tank:

Mike working on the 2 inch pipe for the tub drain:

We had a few minor cave ins with the sand while working so close to the footer edge.  We fixed it all up when we were finished:

Yay...no more pipes on the "inside":

All done and cleaned up:

Whew we are ready for the concrete crew.  Mike was worried until we got it done.  It was a lot of work and we didn't want to hold up the contractors:

Just another few days of work being completed.  Next...the foundation...and then we can start to build.