April Summary

Went up north last weekend and with help got the site prepped for the foundation.   Met with power company and contractors. Foundation work is underway and should be finished up in a week or so.  

Rained and snowed, but here is a short clip of the site from the day I left it.  Got a nice Canon video camera now, so you might not get nauseous trying to watch  this one.

Batter boards - 4 per corner

Made batter boards Sunday from 2x4's and rebar. Cut 24" rebar into 8" pieces, drilled 5" deep holes (1/2" round) into ends of 2x4's and then hammered the rebar into the 2x4's. On site, I will drill 4" deep holes in bedrock and drop rebar'd boards into hole.

Not very straight despite actually trying to be straight, but in theory that is ok since I will use builder's level to identify point to level the crosspiece and attach string. Think I will use the 4 boards per corner pattern (see image from www.cedarshed.com below), not the 3 board pattern shown in a prior post.