After the footings were done they put up the forms for the foundation walls. Here's how they do it. First they sprayed the inside of these boards with a special oil...so they can get them off after. Then they measure twice...using some special tools. then they start assembling. It is noisy! Lots of banging. They are reinforced with re-bar inside - see picture below.
The front entrance
The garage
Then the cement truck comes to fill them up and they cure overnight. We had our front entrance done first so we could use the front door again. We were tired of having a pit in the front yard and having to go around the back of the house all the time. Especially when visitors came.
Here he is putting rebar up vertically so that when we pour the cement floor over top it will be attached to the pad. This should help it from settling and cracking.
Then they take the forms off, it cures for a week and then we can backfill and pour the floor.
sorry about the lack of pictures of the finished foundation. I was busy for a couple days there and missed a few before pics.
Make sure you stay tuned...there's LOTS more exciting things to come. Things are happening fast now!
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