Saturday, September 27, 2014

Fixed and ready to pour

The solution to the misplaced wall was to remove take down the Integra-spec, remove the outside of the Form-a-drain, route new Form-a-drain to the correct dimensions, and lay rebar in the footing.  

 Here you can see the incorrect footing with one side of the Form-a-Drain removed.  Also visible is the rebar where the new footing will be poured, and some supporting structure to stabilize the ICF wall.  The footing and wall will be poured at one time, making a very strong structure.  This corner of the house will have an extra wide footing too so if I have any really heavy equipment, I can put it here.


 Here's the corrected corner from the outside.  The short wall is the footing for the rear garage wall.

Here's the length of the wall.  Sometimes the blocks don't line up quite right because they're a standard length, which doesn't match the wall.  They use metal strapping to hold the seams together for the pour.  Any gaps will be filled with spray foam.




























The offending corner is fixed and the future basement walls will be correct.  Here you can see the ICF elevator shaft that will extend from the basement to the second floor.  Also visible is the lattice system inside the wall and some of the supporting rebar.



In the end, I'm glad the mistake was recognized before the cement was poured.  If it had to be corrected afterwards, it would have cost much more time and money.

Rear walkout


Rear walkout

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