Site Clearing, Foundation, and Slab
When the backhoe cleared my building site it was both one of the best and one of the worst days in my life. It meant the construction was finally beginning. But it also put an end to a process that had continued uninterrupted since the end of the last ice age. For ten thousand years countless plants and animals on this small piece of real estate had been living their lives just as their ancestors did. Until I came along.
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This is what happened on one of the worst days of my life. Ten thousand years of habitat evolution scraped away in a few hours. But it was also one of the best days of my life because the house construction was underway.
Foundation Form Boards Installed #4
Foam insulation between foundation and slab
Pumping House Footer Concrete #1
Here's another reason why cement is a huge CO2 producer – This is heavy concrete getting pumped into the foundation. Think of how much energy it takes to do that. Fortunately concrete lasts a very long time.
