We started at a little after 6 am on Friday April 15th. Demolition in the dark!!!! All the neighbors and the family were there to watch as Gilmer Allen from Double A Grading took his front end loader right through the house. We had Carolina Disposal as well as Disher Grading haul the house off. There were some mixed emotions as the family watched the house with many fond memories come down. The house came down in about 20 minutes, just a neat thing to watch. After the demolition we had Gilmer clear the pad for the house and the Kale Engineering arrived to stake off the house. Soon after/during the stake out the amigos from TMG Concrete arrived and quickly had the slab formed up. PF plumbing was a well oiled machine and before lunch they had the slab roughed in and their inspections passed. The inspectors were great to work with and shared in the excitement of the build and we are very appreciative of their efforts. The Baptist church around the corner provided lunch for the crew (they helped us bribe the inspections department with that wonderful bunt cake), we can't express the gratitude we feel for all those that provided meals. We just hope that everyone that helped realizes the positive impact they had on this project, thanks. Anyway, back to the house, Tony from TMG Concrete finished prepping the slab, followed closely by Go Forth Pest Control doing our termite treatment. Ready Mix sent the concrete and by about 4PM we had the slab being placed. A little late to start a pour so I was about 11 PM when they finished. BFS of High Point delivered the framing materials and the trusses arrived from our good hill country friends at Truline Truss (can't beat those moutain folk). Forsyth Rent-a-John Provided releif, literally, for us. Loflin Materials provided some stone. All in all, the first day was long and successful.
