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Pouring Concrete for the Home Addition
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Pouring Concrete for the Home Addition
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" Out of -- to develop this system well actually the system is so dramatic and it has some deployed to almost thirty years ago how toward the B stack them out. Like almost like Legos. All the systems that we're traveling to Vietnam and -- left -- legacy it is tongued and grooved joint -- a lot of good at and they -- okay. And of course -- back about with a little concrete and then they influence now is there a structural advantage to this. Well yes you have a post and beam wall when you look down inside here obviously opposed that it would put on center reinforcement steel -- it was you have to use down you're having structural beam that -- those posts -- there be sixteen inches horizontal and verticals crisscrossing right warming post and beam -- steel and it's all the other steel off throughout it. Now. I assume that one of the big event is as the insulating factory right absolutely. Expanded polystyrene is they IOR value for high density. -- insulation. What's the well in this area if you're committed tested got through an area in here -- around an -- fifty. You're here because we're going to warm pine right exactly if you have northern Canada or nor the United States may be in middle or thirties yet. -- is an amateur so what you've done is that you created the whole structure that we're building here out of these forms and then you just pour the concrete and you don't take away the forms that's -- closely in place to recommend your finish work OK now what about a foundation at. Well Bob what we do."
" We coming here and as you can tell we put in the footings. This is the top of the footing right I guess that's inside and what we do excavate down about twelve inches before putting about what -- which is why twelve inches deep. With three number five or. And that we try to keep it down a little bit away from a certain level and that real solid foundation that goes around the perimeter then all the former gets put together and that is basically the building."
" What earlier vertical pieces of wood for vessel walls true or -- the country in. Mr. -- and it will come down personally delivered to the home -- speaker -- are all the forms in place up there and we go up on the roof and -- you to set in place. OK now tell me want think we're -- and they're just like having this barrel I'd be afraid that there are going to fall apart. I understand habit. -- that all of a sudden burst up we have to -- tie everyone but in the form don't hold both sides together yeah so. It turns out from we have very very you know I think all of them together and what we're gonna go and glued it together -- at all pour the water can only be understood just concrete and having them district attorney he surprised. We're just -- to these small Vietnam like you don't have to put up will be don't know the whole thing all under the -- together -- when bottom -- your. Remember. The -- an unusual structures it up to eighteen feet higher right that's correct. OK good then the next Olympic an -- pretty thanks that. This go up there you have certified Iraq employers there. And that of course inside. The cavity you've got all this. Rebar reinforcing rod right. Okay Brian at a yard to grow in their job. I really thank you for coming out slide this last you a question why is called three tent or we're formed a company we can determine and even -- camp that we are -- him. -- Vila thanks a lot we've got a slab before a little bit later on right sure do Bob."
" The little addition is really only about ten by twelve right about that right -- about MS thirteen and let's talk a little bit about. The thickness of the slab and what the requirements aren't here in Florida. Well basically it's about six inches thick and you think this poured in place -- this is what's called a floating slab we're going against the existing walls. On all four sides would essentially be imploded against the walls right and that it just poured out of the pump that takes it basically -- this out. As you can see. And he gets a real nice level -- That is about an eight foot. Tool right that's about eight feet long yeah. And as you can see he's. -- Very of this kind of started doing."
" At how important is that they have the reinforcing wire in here. Well Bob this is -- excess strap pancreas 3000 inside but it's always a good idea to have some sort of -- mentioned here -- crack yeah especially if you're putting ceramic tile over it. Absolutely and you don't want you how to break along with a crack in the slab absolutely. And of course it's important to think it in the country if you put it in after you started the war. So that. The wire mesh is a couple of inches down below surface -- in the middle of the flat. And isn't this kind of a large tool that won't look do you think that the office. Well that is Bob but you know these guys are such programs that they discovered this kind of -- with -- where they go they diffuse it that quick. They -- screen and they can blow the thing. And how long do you have to wait before you can apply the steel trowel to smooth opportunity. Well Bob it depends on the temperature usually a couple of hours but that -- you're trying to achieve is to get the cement material at the top surface so that if -- in the dark of night."
