Moving On

Now that the structure has been verified by the engineer, work continues.  Tom and his guys were in today to fill in all of the channels, footings and other spots in the basement, as well as the large exterior footing in the back yard that will support the cantilevered master suite addition area.

Once Miguel's time frees up from his current project in Oakville, we can start framing and get moving on the real work of getting this project moving forward.

Structural inspection

Lawrence, my trusted structural engineer, was in today to inspect the "advance work" as well as the three footings we will be pouring next week.  All was up to snuff, and we are good to proceed.

Demo and prep

Demo continued today... I know - "I thought demolition was done?", but with a large renovation like this, we will actually not be finished demolition until the framing stage is complete.  It's complicated, ok!

Today, Rocco was taking down the cement ceiling in the former cold room that will now be a conditioned space.

He also took down some of the little partitions at the south end of the house to make way for Miguel's crew next week.

By the end of the day, he'd installed all of the rebar.  After we get Lawrence on site tomorrow, we should be able to pour the remaining foundation areas.

Inspection Day

We met with Mario, the local building inspector, today.  He wanted to review the "preparation work" we had already done, and make sure we're all on the same page (ie HIS page) on work going forward.  It was a good meeting and I already like him so that's good too.

Meanwhile, Rocco was downstairs and working in the back yard, preparing the footings for inspection. 

Game on!

Hallelujah!  We received our building permit today.  It took a few months and lots of follow up (Dave now has a new job title... Chief Chaser-Upper), but we finally heard from the City of Mississauga that our little project has been approved.

Full steam ahead!