564 McCrea Drive  

Construction of the Home

 

The foundation is a 10-inch block foundation with footings. Starting from ground up.... The footings are poured concrete with re-bar. At the rear of the house and half way up each side there’s rigid Styrofoam under the footings as spec'd by an engineer, the rigid Styrofoam  is to prevent frost from getting under the footing and extends 3 to 4 feet out into the back yard...again for frost. There’s re-bar then drilled into the footing that goes through the block to the top of block in every other core hole with vertical reinforcement every other course of block ( Blok Lok ). The wall is then poured solid with concrete. The exterior then has a cove of cement at the footing, a layer of parging then a thick coat of black tar. All this is built on solid Merrickville bedrock.

 

The front posts are built the same way, with a footing on bedrock then block built up with re-bar and poured solid with concrete. There’s no Styrofoam under the front wall or posts because those footings are below the frost line of 4 feet. The blocks are then topped with leftover log pieces as they look nice.

 

There's a big "o" tile drain installed all the way around the house and another one under the basement floor which drains to a sump hole...code requires this. There is no pump in the hole and it has always been dry...the house is the highest elevation on the road...no water problems.

 

The well is 240 ft deep and the water is plentiful. Tastes great with no staining in the toilet that some houses have, lots of pressure. Click Here for Well Report.

 

 
This is an old looking log home built following all the codes and inspections of any new home.