We bought our storage containers. One was delivered Friday, and we're expecting the other three today and tomorrow. In the meantime, we've been laying the foundation. We did a pier foundation to save on costs. Shane measured, marked, and remeasured everything, then we spent a day using the tractor and post hole digger. I drove the tractor while he wrestled the hole digger (as soon as it hits the dirt, it kicks out of place and starts digging NEXT to where you want it 🙄).
After the holes were dug, we put in concrete forms, put rebar in them, and filled them with concrete. I wrote everyone's name in it while it was wet.
The crane company was a week out when we called to rent it, so in the meantime Shane built a chicken coop. The coop has two feet of fenced in area beneath it to act as a chicken run. We also set the roof up to collect rainwater and funnel into one of the water totes. We just got our first rain last night, and it filled the tote about a third of the way up. We now have 17 chickens, and 30 guinea, and the coop is plenty big enough. They're loving it.
We had to rent a huge crane and two employees to stack the shipping containers. It didn't take long, and now we have two on the bottom, two on top. Shane has been working hard getting the windows, doors, walls, etc cut out. He's bee using an angle grinder, and it's coming along. He's also been working on welding the containers all together. The weather has been so hot and humid, it makes for hard work.
I don't have the skills necessary to help and I've offered to learn, but right now I'm pulling my weight by cooking, and going to work.
Sorry this is such a reader's digest version of events. We've been so busy and I get such bad reception at our house that I don't update much. Soon hopefully we'll be getting our Wi-Fi going (👐) and want to do YouTube videos of everything.
We cannot wait to get the house done. The trailer really isn't meant to be lived in, and it's falling apart. Not to mention the lack of space, privacy, too much clutter, etc. It's been rough and we're excited things are going so well so far.
I've been ordering stuff for the functionality of the house: sheets, blankets, pots and pans, etc. We got rid of so much when we moved and now a lot needs replacing.