Monday, September 20, 2004
Where does the time go? My last post about the sub-basement was over 4 months ago!
We (Eric the architect, Rob, the contractor, and I) had a big go-around about if to and/or how to provide seep holes for the water within the new poured wall. We discussed this to death.
We decided to do nothing (for now).
With that in mind, I had some some workers smash holes in the concrete blocks on every-other column basis so that the cement would fill the voids and the block wall would essentially become core filled when we poured the new interior wall.
After that, they finished the horizontal rebar and hung those brackets that have been sitting around forever. The brackets are hanging off of screws right now. After the cement dries, we will drill the holes necessary and bolt them to the joists.
The wall form was then put into place. I was expecting to pour cement a week ago, but...
I inspected it and was very upset. The studs were not attached to both plates and the screws that were used were about 1.5" - not nearly long enough to bite into the plates.
I fixed quite a bit of then Rob's guys finished it up.
I think we are almost ready to pour. Rob is going to have a final look-see today on the supports.
With regards to the sewer pipe, we did not have to move it. A box was built around it that should keep the cement away from the pipe where it runs through the wall. The workmen were able to install the plywood form around the pipe that runs parallel to the south return wall.
We protected the copper tubing that leads to the outdoor spigot just a bit, but much of it will be embedded in the cement forever (or until someone blows the planet up) and the sump drains will be embedded in the cement as well.
I calculated about 13 yards of cement, but I forgot the core-fills. I need to re-calculate the cement.
We (Eric the architect, Rob, the contractor, and I) had a big go-around about if to and/or how to provide seep holes for the water within the new poured wall. We discussed this to death.
We decided to do nothing (for now).
With that in mind, I had some some workers smash holes in the concrete blocks on every-other column basis so that the cement would fill the voids and the block wall would essentially become core filled when we poured the new interior wall.
After that, they finished the horizontal rebar and hung those brackets that have been sitting around forever. The brackets are hanging off of screws right now. After the cement dries, we will drill the holes necessary and bolt them to the joists.
The wall form was then put into place. I was expecting to pour cement a week ago, but...
I inspected it and was very upset. The studs were not attached to both plates and the screws that were used were about 1.5" - not nearly long enough to bite into the plates.
I fixed quite a bit of then Rob's guys finished it up.
I think we are almost ready to pour. Rob is going to have a final look-see today on the supports.
With regards to the sewer pipe, we did not have to move it. A box was built around it that should keep the cement away from the pipe where it runs through the wall. The workmen were able to install the plywood form around the pipe that runs parallel to the south return wall.
We protected the copper tubing that leads to the outdoor spigot just a bit, but much of it will be embedded in the cement forever (or until someone blows the planet up) and the sump drains will be embedded in the cement as well.
I calculated about 13 yards of cement, but I forgot the core-fills. I need to re-calculate the cement.
