Building Materials

Yesterday we finally received our much anticipated delivery from McCoy's! The driver came much earlier than we had expected, but we were able to meet him at the highway and lead him into our property. He was not the slightest bit intimidated by the rough roads and our narrow driveway.

So now we have a huge pile of wood, cement, and insulation at the beginning of our driveway.  Hopefully soon it will come together into our small starter home. First though, we need to finish clearing the house site.  The house will sit on stilts about five feet off the ground on the low side of the hill, and three feet up on the high side. This will make it easier for us to make the house level even though we are building on the side of a hill.  Stilts seemed like the best option since we didn't want to do an adobe pour just yet, but we didn't want a structure just sitting on the ground without a slab.