Foundation Walls Set

Another step along the way... the foundation walls have been built, although not without some drama along the way. After building up the walls, they discovered they didn't dig down far enough Doh! Lack of attention to detail is my understanding, but they were able to deal with this without tearing down and redoing.

So, what does the problem mean? Well, the top of the walls are too high to match up with the rest of the house. They resolved that by shaving down the top of the walls. But, that means the ceiling of the basement would only be 7' 3". I'm not quite that tall, but still, that's a bit too short. So, they'll dig down around inside the perimeter to get back that height. Apparently no downside, but something to deal with.

You can see from the pics what the final wall looks like. Next up is laying the floor trusses, laying the subfloor and then building up for first floor walls. It's starting to move!