The past week was busy - the "chain" as it's called was poured as was the rest of the beams for the foundation... And, well, I guess that was it. Doesn't sound like much when you put it on paper, but it did occupy most of the week, as you can see from the pictures below.
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Here's Franz's crew pouring the "chain"
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More Pouring the "Chain"
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The chain is, in reality, the rebar that encircles the whole foundation and provides the lateral strength to it.
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Workers Moving Scaffold |
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Straps To Anchor House to Foundation |
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Setting the Forms |
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More Pouring the Beams |
An important part is placing the metal straps that actually join the beams to the wooden structure of the house - there's about 22 or so of them, anchored in the concrete then double-lag-screwed to the wood beams.
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Setting the Straps |
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Pouring Concrete into Buckets |
If this guy looks familiar (he should to Owen and Sandy) it's because I think he followed us down here. We have several blue herons and a few white ones (and about a hundred egrets) that frequent the area.
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Fishing From the Bank |
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Cutting Wood for Forms |
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Moving the Scaffold Again |
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Keeping the Area Neat and Tidy - Consolidating Gravel Piles |
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Pouring Concrete, |
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Pouring, and Pouring |
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And More |
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Protection for the Jacks
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Looking At the Underside of the House |
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Setting Initial Rebar For the Streetside Steps |
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Concrete Work |
Now, for you who might not be able to judge scale well, here's a shot of the smaller croc - the same one that is on our banner, being photographed by Doug. Notice Doug is not approaching any too close.
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Shooting the Croc |
1 comment:
Does anybody work out the loading on that beam or is it one of those " it's the same as the last one and it's still standing" kind of calculations ?
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