Welcome to Laroe Construction History
Looking Downhill to House Site
Testing the Entry Deck View
Trusty Transit - Sensitive and Tempermental but Still Highly Accurate
String Line is Foundation Height at Basement Door
Upper String Line is Foundation Height at Front of House - Lower String is Finish Grade - Top of Rebar with Cap is the Benchmark
Original Grade Cleaned and Ready for Layout
Left - Top of Painted R-Bar is Finish Grade, Center - Chalk Line is Foundation Cut Line, Right - Capped R-Bar with String is Foundation Line
Foundation Cut with Dirt Moved Uphill to Finish Grade
New Finish Grade in Fresh Red Clay
Batter Boards with String Marking the Foundation
Foundation Layout # 2
Formed Footings Wrapped in Black Plastic - No Honeycombing and You Can Reuse the Wood
Poured Footings Using a Concrete Pump - Not a Lot of Waste
Footings # 2
Clean Stone Fill, Footings Laid Out with Spray Paint
Ready for the Masons # 2
Accuracy is a Good Thing
12 Inch CMU Block Foundation
Close Up
2200 SF Basement - 9 Foot High Walls
Temporary Posts, LVL Girders (Dropped & Inline), 2 x 10 SYP Floor Joists
View from Basement Entry
Ready for Plywood
2200 SF, Depressed Area is for Solar Mass Concrete Slab
A Beautiful Day for Framing
Living Room Framing with Braces to Keep Everything Straight
Front Entrance with Atrium
Roof Framing # 1
Roof Framing # 2
Roof Framing # 3
Dry-In, Building Wrap Over 1/2 Inch Plywood Sheathing
Main Room Looking Towards Kitchen
Atrium Framing
Trim Detail at Carport
Winter Solstice
Snow Day
Acid Stained Mass Slab with Setting Sun, Arch Pattern at Kitchen Entrance
Site Built Arches
Front Entry Deck Framing
Screen Porch and Deck on 24 x 24 Inch CMU Columns Grouted Solid
Carefully Saved Butterfly Bushes
Summer Solistice - No Sun on the Walls, Overhang Shadows are Measured Equal
Banding Detail
Screen Porch Looking Southeast
Screen Porch Looking North
North Facing Deck
End of Laroe Construction History
