Real progress, not just stirred dirt happened yesterday. Rebar was delivered to the site followed by the concrete sub and his backhoe sub. Basement was trenched for footings, grade staked, rebar installed, and cement poured. 24"x24" footings with 4 each 5/8 rebar near corners. It took 4 cement trucks (12 yard trucks). Different company than I had ever used and boy were they way better than the ouitfit I used.

Due to cool temps and slow cure (a good thing) the crew will not return to setup for the floor until Fri or Sat. The floor is poured over the footings and is dowled to it by rebar set in the footing. After the floor cures, the walls will be formed and poured. A "water stop" rubber like gasket is installed, half in the floor and half sticking up where the wall will be. Whe the walls are poured yo have a gasket bridging the cold joint. Never saw this before but sounds real good.

Pix to follow tonight or...

Patrick (still wondering when winter will happen)