Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Monday, October 10, 2011

Pipes, dirt and grading

Today has been a busy day grading, laying septic drain pipe from the tank to the field, culverts, and pushing a bunch of dirt so things look nice when we're finished.

Maurice and his guys are fantastic. He's the guy in the middle. They are laying culvert at the bottom of the drive to carry water into an existing street side culvert.

I have been so impressed with how professional he operates his business. He's extremely thorough and very aware of how the mountain 'reads' so ultimately we'll be happy with the final grading.


The photo to the right is of our septic drain line being placed under the drive. Maurice added a second pipe to carry the underground electrical service from the hot box to the house.

Gravel is being delivered tomorrow and placed on the drive. That should make the drive easier to use and keep the mud down in the event of rain.

He plans on starting the footers this week. Once the footers are in then we can start the foundation. After that, things start to mve at a faster pace. All of this preliminary work makes for a better finished product.

More coming,
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