Week 4: Foundation Footings and Walls / Pouring Concrete

Day 28 - First week of May and Mother's Day Weekend!

Dedicated to GRAM, she loved the beach!

Hey all, I hope you all survived the weather this week—I know if you live in WA state you will wonder if we are ever going to see Spring.  Lots of rain hit our region and we had impacts on the job site.  The goal of getting the foundation footings and walls poured was missed by one day—we had to take a weather delay this week due to the amount of water.  All in all, it was still a good week and we completed the pour of the footings on Monday and spent the remainder of the week, setting up the wall forms.  By Friday we had the forms ready for the pour which will happen on 9May-Monday. 

Ralph’s Concrete pouring is “the man” in the business if you want concrete pumped.  He made his first appearance (he will be here a total of 3 times) to pour the footings.  Here is what his “rig” looks like as he is setting up to pour.

Boom will reach 40 Meters!

 

So what other things did we do this week—we built forms for the footings; those were the 2x8 forms that were 16” wide.  The pour only took an hour and the remainder of the week was spent building walls out of the 2 foot by 5 foot panels—each panel is 1.25” and they are heavy and they coat them with diesel oil to prevent concrete for setting on them.  A picture of the pump operator is next showing the remote control panel he uses to follow the foundation team around the forms.

Here are some pictures of the finished forms (note the water accumulation)

 Sophie makes her mark on the forms --

More water, some area's were up to nine inches deep!

The sun is out and Dan is thinking about a beer after the day before!

Here are some pictures of some of the forms work for the past week:

Some of the panels were 5 high (i.e. 5x2=10')

Lots of rebar.  For those wondering this foundation will be billed out at just slightly over $10k (not including concrete and pumper truck)

Camano Blue Clay, we will have to plan carefully to get this extra material used throughout the job site.

Next week, complete the pour on the walls, break down the forms and remove.  Bring in the spray company to seal coat the exterior walls with impervious paint.  Prepare for foundation slab pour:  bring in rock and sand; tamper, lay 2" foam foundation insulation, and wire mesh used for strength.  The final part will be working on laying the basement radiant flooring with PEX pipe.  Wish us luck to get this all done next week--a bit ambitious but its doable.  Have a good week everyone.