Even there have not been any updates the building has progressed (slowly as it may seem!). We're back from traveling and vacation to keep a closer eye on everything. The big hole in the ground is starting to look more like a geometrically shaped perimeter of some sort. The walls definitely make the hole seem smaller though. A quick summary... After the footers were poured, the masons started laying block for the foundation. They work quickly! They stopped halfway up the back wall in order to allow the waterproofing company to come in and treat the bottom half of the wall and do the drain tile. And now they're back to laying the block for the remaining height of the walls. Then on to the slab next (after some more excavation of course).
The footers are finished and drying. All of the re-bar has to be left with the orange caps on top because of the safety hazard.
The big footers and bolts for the steel garage beam are boxed off and protected.
Looks like it's time for another load of block...
All cleaned up and ready for the waterproofing company to come and treat the outside of the foundation walls in order to keep the garage and shop dry (yes it's still important even though we're in the desert).
Next they put in a drain tile (PVC pipe with holes on one side) in the bottom of the ditch. The pipe had a sleeve (looked like a long piece of pantyhose) over top of it to keep the dirt out of the holes. Then they filled in over top of the drain tile to the top of the green drainage board with rock.
The masons were back on Friday for more block work. The scaffolding is up to do the higher layers.
The footers are finished and drying. All of the re-bar has to be left with the orange caps on top because of the safety hazard.
The big footers and bolts for the steel garage beam are boxed off and protected.
Steve's mason crew is impressive! This was only a day or two of work and they had a good portion of the back wall done.
The angled wall and the fireplace on the front of the house (a little extra challenge with the strange shapes!)
Looks like it's time for another load of block...
All cleaned up and ready for the waterproofing company to come and treat the outside of the foundation walls in order to keep the garage and shop dry (yes it's still important even though we're in the desert).
The joints between the blocks were caulked and then the walls were coated with the waterproof asphalt coating. The green drainage board was then stuck onto the asphalt coating. The narrow area between the dirt and the foundation walls made it a little challenging.
Next they put in a drain tile (PVC pipe with holes on one side) in the bottom of the ditch. The pipe had a sleeve (looked like a long piece of pantyhose) over top of it to keep the dirt out of the holes. Then they filled in over top of the drain tile to the top of the green drainage board with rock.
The masons were back on Friday for more block work. The scaffolding is up to do the higher layers.
Only a few courses below finished floor height. Almost ready for the next round of waterproofing!
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