Tuesday September 4th, 2007
We met up with Marat (the builder) on Tuesday night at the house. It was progress payment time, but also we had an issue with the architects plans vs. the actual building.
Our plans show that after construction, our basement ceiling height should be 7 ' 1" high. Originally they were 6'5" so while not a huge difference, it still helps make the basement more liveable.
Good news is that our footings are good. We had heard of similar housing projects that discovered missing footings (that which holds up your foundation walls) to the tune of $25,000. Our bad news was that the concrete floor of the basement was a mere 1 -2" or less and built directly on the dirt & sand. If Marat repours the concrete as per building code, he needs to lay 4" of gravel and then a 4" layer of concrete. That leaves us with about 7" of lost head room, and that also means our final ceiling height would come out to about the same as it was when we started.
Needless to say, we don't want that! The way to correct the situation is for Marat to dig out 6" of the dirt (as much as he can without underpinning the foundation) and then lay the gravel & concrete. But then it can ONLY be done if the exisiting plumbing is set low enough underground. Which we expect it to be, however you never know.
Estimate is about $2500. We said OK, but need to get confirmation on the plumbing situation.
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