Following a Home Under Construction.

I thought it might be neat & educational to follow a home at Alpine View as it progresses through construction. I love watching homes being built, crawling through them to find out how & why things are being done the way they are and marveling at the completed product.

The home I will share with you is Lot # 8 of Alpine View Estates. The floor plan is a Wilshire American. You can find the floor plan on the Arbor Homes site under,  you guessed it...Floor plans!




This first picture shows what is called a Low Point Drain. This is the lowest point under the house and allows any water that gets into what will be the crawlspace...a way to leave. This particular lot slopes away towards the rear of the home. This home also has two locations where there are low point drains. This is because of a foundation wall that abuts this rear portion of the house. Water that did get under the house will follow the path of least resistance downhill towards one of these drains. This foundation area has a gravel base that will then receive a heavy duty, black visqueen that keeps the ground moisture from rising up into the insulation and floor cavities. The visqueen will eventually come all the way up the foundation walls creating a vapor barrier. So how would water get under your house? A very common cause is mis-aligned sprinklers that shoot into peoples foundation vents. Also sometimes people regrade their lot, which can also cause water to enter the same vents.