Saturday, October 4, 2014

Wrapping up the basement before the pour

One more week and it looks like the basement is ready to pour.  All the block has been finalized and some waterproofing material has been attached to the walls that will be below grade.  It looks like it's just some polyvinyl sheeting with pea gravel for drainage around the form-a-drain.  I'll have to talk to the builder to get that changed.  Ideally, I would have either a peel and stick with dimpled plastic sheeting or a Styrofoam safe spray with another kind of mechanical protection.  Some updated build pictures.
Here's a shot of what's going on inside the walls.  Here you see the plastic webbing that holds the two outer foam pieces together and cradles the horizontal rebar.  The webbings snap to each other vertically, holding each course together.  

Shot of the front of the house, basement level.  The outcropping is a storage room that will be under the front porch.  The front door will be above this room.  You can see the brick ledge course.  The short wall is a foundation for the garage.

Front left corner of the house, basement level.  This will be a glass block window, illuminating the mechanical rooms.  This is where all the utilities will enter the house as well.


 Side basement walkout.  Not much to say.  It's a slider walk out.  You can see the forms for the porch pylons.  There will be an 8 foot porch here that wraps from the front of the house to the back.

Detail of the cut-outs in the window bucks for pouring cement.


 Here's the brick ledge and how the rebar is cradled in the foam block.  It's also tied into the wall rebar.
Rear right of the house.  The ground will slope up (somehow) from the rear basement walkout up to another 8 foot porch/gazebo.  The basement wall on the left of the picture will be below grade.  The openings in the wall on the right are two windows and the rear basement walkout.  The greatroom will be situated above this room and will be two storeys.

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