Monday, July 2, 2012

Week 3.5: Foundations

Things get serious when the concrete starts going into the ground.  Taking out trees and moving dirt around are great big splashy things.  But pouring concrete into wooden forms with steel rebar in them means you're serious!

Here are the before, during and afters of some portions of the house, starting with the rear wall.




Looking behind the wall. 








And these views of the storage room below the great room, and how they had to design the structure to support the upper floor as it flies beyond the area below.



The far wall is a major shear wall; took two pours to make it.

 


Next post:  Floors!




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