We had our first actual city inspection to check that the rebar and foundation prep work was up to par. I guess it all went well, all I heard was that we passed and are cleared to pour the concrete into all the holes and wood frames around the house. Sometimes it takes several weeks to cure, but, apparently, since we are just adding footings and not setting up a whole new foundation we don’t have to let it cure as long before framing.

I was temped to write my initials in the concrete somewhere, but all the workers were there and I didn’t want to mess anything up.

About 24 hours later they took up some of the wood scaffolding and I guess that means the concrete is pretty dry.

One of the footings in the basement has a beam sticking out of it that is not centered. This strikes me as weird… but the contractor assured me that it is fine…