Rain

Rain, rain go away, come again some other day. Like September or October, once the outside of the house is complete.

Since May 1, or shortly before we started building our house we have had a total of 79.5mm of rain, and June is the wettest month of the year. So our house building is now waiting for back fill, but they can't do that until the ground dries up. It will take 3 days in a row of sunny weather before they can get in there and do the backfill.

In the meantime, we have made a bit of progress.

At various times throughout the building process we will be calling for the house to be inspected. When the inspector visits he will leave behind green stickers or red stickers. We were happy to see a green sticker with our first inspection. Hopefully the rest of them will have the same result.

The basement/foundation has been waterproofed, so weeping tile is in and the black tar sprayed on. Rob also pointed out that the rain water leaders (sp?) have been installed. This is a requirement because of where the house is being built. It means the rain water running off the roof will go directly into the sewer system, rather than running onto the yard.

But for now... we wait for the rain to stop.