There was a flurry of activity before Labor Day Week-end...
...under ground tanks and drain lines....footing slabs and grade beams.
But I am ahead of the story.
We left off with piers poured with their re-bar "fairy circles" sticking up. Now form work surrounds them.
On the left, below the gravel, is a curtain drain as well as a rain water discharge line.
Next to go in were three tanks: two cisterns for rain water, and one septic. Here Randy and Alan deliver the last one.
Took a little push from Aaron and his Link-Belt to get it up the hill and over the hole.
And down she went.Meanwhile the crew from RK Concrete had completeted the form and re-bar work, and concrete was called in.
Loren Trion, and his big new shiny white truck, arrived, and, while chewing a straw for focus....
...the mad rush, which pouring concrete always is, began.
"What are the the orange tags for?" I hear you ask.
Ever hear of an "Ufer Bar"? Me neither. The inspector kindly pointed out that we forgot it.
(It's to ground the electrical system.)
"Put it in, take photos, put them in the permit box. Where do I sign off?"
Around the box the crew goes: Eric on the chute, Simon holding one end and Doug the working end of the vibrator, with Cameron and Jim, the trowellers, waiting to jump in.
The mad rush is over, now the finishing touches...trowlling, and, on the right, Eric adjusting the re-bar which will go into the concrete block walls.
More carefully, Eric placed the main hold-down rods. They will eventually rise over 11' to attach to shear walls on the first floor.
The concrete crew is gone, Aaron and Kenny are back filling tanks with gravel, and filling up with water to check for leaks.
The next day the concrete crew returned, stripped the form work, cleaned off all their debris, and left the foundations to cure.
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