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It is indeed, which should be getting slung up on Tuesday!

Got 3 walls up! And 4!

The wood has arrived! Got the 1st wall built just as the fog rolled in. Up it goes! I knew I wanted 16 foot walls, but once it was up I got pretty giddy!

We have a pretty mild climate so hopefully (fingers crossed) I don't have the freezing issue happen! I will definitely have to be mindful of that for sure. Yeah, we have two 4/0 windows at eye level and then I have 6 2 x 8 windows about 12' up from the ground all the way around except for the...

Close up of the radiant after its all done in. We probably could have done some finish around the tubing, but this will likely be covered with a staircase to the mezzanine & a doors over the "mechanical area" The pour is done! Got a roll of plasticy paper to cover the surface while we frame...

Way too much! :) I think we are around 85-90 yards at this point with everything including the approach.

The pump arrives! My brother doing some troweling. Buddy working that bull float Knee board repurposed from some of the leftover underslab foam My uncle powertroweling late into the night. He loved the 4 footer we got for him!

Yeah, its heavy on the sandy for sure. Not sure how we will ever get lawn grass to grow. :) It will probably be hooked to a navian tankless heater. We have a pretty mild climate here so I will most likely try to keep the slab at 50 degrees year round for cooling in the summer and if I need to I...

A close up of the end of the PEX runs. We were gonna build a box but my brother came up with the idea of using 1" conduit sweeps to keep them nice & neat. The short & unfilled ones are for some in slab sensors. Pressure held for 48 hours so I am guessing we are good to go.

It's a MUST HAVE on concrete days according to my crew! :)

Mancave & bathroom portion of the slab is poured! Dropping off our little "night light" With only 3 of the 4 lights working, it should give us plenty of brightness for an early start & a late finish

Laying down the PEX! 1/2 Pex-B from Blue Ridge. They did they design as well if I bought the Manifolds & tubing from them which was nice. Had each run balanced to within 1 foot of the others. 9 total runs & two seperate zones. Kinda blurry but all the tubing is in & the rebar is chaired up!

Compacted the soil. Laid down some pea gravel for grade and time for some foam

Stem walls formed up And poured!

Go time! Poured 12 yards in just under an hour & a half. Had to use the skidsteer & excavator for the back as there was no way to get the truck close enough and I am saving my money for the pump truck for when we pour the stem walls next week! All done & rebar is capped!

Got the footings dug & formed up. Engineer called for 10" deep by 18" wide so it should have a pretty good base.

I would say its about 300+ feet from the river. I guess if a dam blew upstream I might be in a pickle. But, I wouldn't be the only one. :)

Oh yes, had to have a special stormwater permit with a silt fence installed among other things. :)

Wilbert Precast has engineered blocks they pour called Redi-Rock

We definitely live in a beautiful area. So excited to be doing this project where I am and you can't beat the dirt for digging in.