Week 4 Construction Update

The spoils (extra dirt) from the footings were removed this week.  The foundation was pinned.  And, the bricks and blocks for the foundation arrived on site.

Funny, not funny family story… When my parents built their custom home in Texas in the early 1990’s, our family was still living in Florida until the house was finished. My mom picked out a solid red brick for the house but was not able to be on site to look at them when they arrived. My dad, who’s colorblind, took a photo like the one below of the bricks on the site. They looked a bit orange in the photo, and my mom asked about that when she saw the photograph. My dad said those must be for the house next door and that the nearby pile of red bricks was for their house. My mom’s next photo update of the house occurred when the masonry was complete. That picture showed orange and black bricks on the house. Turns out the wrong bricks were ordered and the red bricks were for the house next door. My mom hated those orange bricks on her house her entire life.