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My Foundation Has Been Poured

The foundation was put in by Marino Nelson, which is the guy everybody in town says to use if you have a foundation with any angles in it. My foundation had a total of 30 corners with only 14 of them being 90’s. The Marino Nelson guys came in and built their forms, but it took a little longer than everyone figured because it got really cold for a couple of days while they were trying to get it done. They ended up having to put chemicals in the concrete and puting blanks over the foundation to make sure it set up right.

I’ll tell you what, after they poured the foundation, the footprint of the house was so small it looked like I would have a hard time getting one bed and maybe a table into it. The contractors wandering around the site laughed at me and said that it was massive and you could never tell until the walls are up and the sheetrock is on. Until then, all houses look like dog houses. LOL

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