Step 6d – Prepare for the First Concrete Pour
Building your own slab on grade foundation requires you to install the plumbing before you pour the footings. Here’s how I did it..
Category: Building Your Own Home
Step 6c – Install Inner Forms, Plumbing and Bracing
Building your own foundation requires straight and level forms that are well braced so they stay that way through the concrete pour. Here’s how I did it…
Step 6b – Erect Concrete Forms
Building a foundation begins with square and level forms. Here’s how to erect the forms solo…
Step 6a – Install Nail Stakes and Rebar
Building your own foundation starts with installing rebar and nail stakes to hold the concrete forms
Step 6 – Dig and Prep for Foundation
Building a foundation for your own home starts by excavating soil for the footings. Here’s how I did it…
Step 5b – Overview of the Permitting Process
A huge box was checked off today as I picked up my building permit from the county office. It had been approved by the plans examiner a week earlier but it wasn’t official until I had it in my possession, …
Step 5a – Schedule a Building Permit Prescreening
Obtaining a permit to build your own home usually begins with a prescreening with the plans examiner. Here’s how mine went….
Step 5 – Get a Building Permit
In order to build your own home you will need to obtain a building permit. Learn how to get started…
Step 4d – Finishing the Septic Install
After inspection, finish building your own septic system by installing inspection ports and covering the drain field.
Step 4c – Have the Completed Septic System Inspected
Learn how to perform a squirt test for the county health inspector as one of the final steps in building your own septic system