As my good friends and I were escaping to Wyoming in search of large trout, (we caught a few fish, got stuck in a road closure due to a blizzard and jack-knifed rigs on I-80, and managed to get turned around before the wyo state patrol issued any tickets) my concrete crew was busy forming the walls for our house. Having finished up by mid morning, it was time to pour. The pump was there; the concrete trucks were lined up and ready. But where was the inspector? I received a call that he was running late--by about 2 hours! Well we couldn't wait forever, so we snapped a couple of pictures of the rebar placement in the forms and got er' going. He did show up and said everything looked good (they were half way done with the pouring at this point). He was on his way out when he noticed that I was having my excavator install our water line. He promptly walked over and started to quiz and lecture us on the sizes of water line, pressure of the line, friction build up due to the distance of the line (about 1/2 mile of pipe in the ground) etc. We explained ourselves as best we could and he finally allowed us to finish up and we buried the line leaving the last 20' exposed for further inspection later. Attached are a couple of pics of the walls, the concrete pump, and the water trench and line. All in all, we've had a very productive Spring Break! Perimeter drains, water proofing, backfilling, and underground plumbing here we come...soon...
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