Concrete! Note the difference in how the garage wall is done: forms both sides (since you can see both sides, and dimensions matter) and the house walls (insulated, form on one side only). I didn’t measure but that’s about 2 foot deep. Since the ground never freezes there’s no need to go any deeper.
Category Archives: House
Day 4
Counting calendar days, not work days (although they work virtually every day, so no real difference). Finishing up concrete forms and rebar: The pink is (thick!) foam insulation. It serves as the outside form when pouring the concrete; then it stays there forever, insulating the home (where wood forms would need to be removed or …
Day 2
Foundation fully dug, forms and rebar going in. And yes, it’s Saturday, workers still hard at work.
Ground breaking
Day 1 of N – starting digging of foundation: I like the combination of low-tech (guy with a shovel) and high tech (laser level).
It’s a house!
So we now have a house! OK, so it is only a 2D house so far…. painted lines on desert floor. Coming soon: the three-dimensional version!