Wow, an incredibly busy day... First off to get some more plans... I laugh when I see these online websites that offer 8 sets of plans as a full sets, like that is enough... With the sets of changes we went through with the designer, it's been easily 25 sets of plans, and now, there are engineered drawings and MTOs (Material Takeoffs) that are all color coded and official looking to keep up with... Make sure as you get revisions you keep really close track of which sets are current. I rant...anyway, 6 sets of plans this morning another $71...

The reason you are looking at this shed/barn is because tomorrow the dirt/excavator/tree killer is coming... Yes, actually real something happening more than talk. So tonight we are furiously trying to get all the contracts ready and I wanted to have a little better plan of what to clear on the apron side of the house, so even though this barn won't be built for some time, the flat work and clearing is a lot easier to handle now... I sketched it out for spousal comments and she liked it... I colored it probably a tad too RED to go well with the house, so I will have to work on that... Send me your comments if you like or dislike it... Color comments too...

So back to the busy part... Off to meet with the framer, a prospective stone/stucco/cantera installer, and a plumber. So far I have been really impressed with the subcontractors. I thought I had a lot of weird stuff and was being really picky about certain things, and so far not one of them has even blinked.... Perhaps they lie in wait to drop all these bombs on me later???

Also stole some time to head to HD for a tool... A pocket crimp tool to crimp pex... 4000 feet of oxygen barrier tubing is now headed my way, all of which has to be laid out in the slab. The tubing will snake all over the place and end up hooked up to manifolds... For now, I want to pressurize them to make sure they aren't damaged during the pour or framing operation. So the manifold is hooked up to these really big pressure gages my wife found on ebay... My first attempt at a PEX crimp fitting tonight was successful... I tied the gages together to test my system and pressurized to 100 PSI... Holding strong...

Loaded up the truck tonight too with everything I might need for the day tomorrow... Chainsaw included... It has rained a lot this fall and things are pretty wet, so tomorrow will be interesting. If it is too wet, I am hoping they will take the day off for an early Thanksgiving... Otherwise, we could actually be burning and making some progress.... Any dirt that is disturbed is required to be removed and replaced with "select fill". That will be in addition to an estimated 120 dump truck loads of select fill. All that just to bring one side up about 2 1/2 feet.

Maybe tomorrow I will have some actual pictures.... :-)

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