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| Does it mean that the garage failed? |
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| I can't wait to walk on it! |
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| It already has a dent on the edge, am I odd that I want it fixed? |
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| I can see the slight slope on the garage in this picture |
Showing posts with label Conrete Pour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conrete Pour. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Day 19 - Slabs Poured
Today consisted of the slabs for the basement and garage being poured. It was still very muddy. Today, I got to bring a little bit of my new home, home to my old home in the form of mud all over my shoes! LOL.
A slab of concrete is poured, in forms, on top of a prepared bed of
compacted sand and gravel. It is usually reinforced with re-bar and
heavy wire mesh for strength and stability... which I showed you yesterday. :)
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Days 9 & 10
No progress to report for days 9 & 10. It was the weekend, everyone deserves some time off! :) Here are some dryer (but not by much) pictures of our foundation forms filled with concrete.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Day 8 - Foundation Walls Poured
Today's activity consisted of completing the setup of the foundation forms and pouring the concrete, in the pouring rain I might add. I do not know if the rain will have any effect on the structure or strength of the walls. I'll have to ask the PM. Let's hope it doesn't.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the action of the complete setup. I really wish I had! I am concerned the egress and basement windows are in the wrong location. I trust my PM was on the ball though and they are right where they are supposed to be. I can hardly wait for the forms to come off just so I can verify they're where they should be. I am OCD. There's also some non-standard stuff going on with the garage but I'll post more about that another day once I have confirmed I understand it correctly.
I am still very extremely uneasy about our grading. It's very obvious to me now that a patio isn't going to be possible without some serious stairs coming out of the morning room door, which is a HUGE problem for our family as some of us have vision problems.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the action of the complete setup. I really wish I had! I am concerned the egress and basement windows are in the wrong location. I trust my PM was on the ball though and they are right where they are supposed to be. I can hardly wait for the forms to come off just so I can verify they're where they should be. I am OCD. There's also some non-standard stuff going on with the garage but I'll post more about that another day once I have confirmed I understand it correctly.
I am still very extremely uneasy about our grading. It's very obvious to me now that a patio isn't going to be possible without some serious stairs coming out of the morning room door, which is a HUGE problem for our family as some of us have vision problems.
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| 3:30PM |
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| 3:45PM |
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| 4:15PM |
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| Livingroom and Garage |
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| Not sure what the white things are - the truck was stuck good! |
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| The truck was about a foot from sliding into the newly filled forms |
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