We stopped by the lot tonight to check out the new garage floor and back fill. Backfill is pushed into the trenches around the exterior of the foundation walls, burying a portion or all of the walls below the surface for added stability. Ideally, backfill is soil that drains easily, ours happens to be sand which is ideal. Now that all the dirt has been pushed up to the foundation we can get an idea of what the size of the yard is like (very exciting!!!) and the height of the house in comparison to the street.

The garage floor also looked perfect and will soon be home to our drywall. Mike was kind enough to explain that it was important to finish the garage floor early so we have a clean place to store the drywall…one of the factors that must be considered when building a home during the winter months.

How do you float a garage floor? Just watch this guy.

Tamping the stone base in the garage. Big loud tools rule!