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Foundation Excavation and Formwork
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" Let's talk about the putting -- that is the first step after you've excavated. And this is the most important part of the foundation one anyway the what's the size of the country. -- the size of the concrete this 24 inches wide. It's twelve inches thick. 3000 mixed with three quarter inch stone and is there a lot of reinforcing rod and it. All right for reinforcing rod we have done number five rebar. Bent at a ninety degree angle so we have. These every three or four feet every four feet vertical in the -- Then. It comes out of the 42 feet. We type horizontal -- inside the wall toward the bottom so that on the other side of this form work we've got these rods and we fill this up with a concrete for the foundation. We've got the two married together that's right but you've also got a key way to now we have a -- we made that way. Dragging it to -- fought through the concrete and that gives us. A place where the wall will lot to the -- exactly now question you said a minute ago that you have a little bit of trouble finishing the dig I mean. I thought this is going to be a very easy job Dick because of the soil conditions here which are kind of sandy investing it it would. Start off very well about -- About half way -- Well we had a camera rolling so while we get into the hole here by -- watched this. I guess they're ready to break ground here we are we've got 112 it was."
" Perspective that we didn't do about that we've would over on the you know on the -- They they. If you get tighter and -- Jim all right. And tonight we'll defeat you -- quiet it's it's very handy is that a lot of work for the back. A lot of if that didn't have a place. Yeah look at that -- yeah."
" Now you've marked up the corners of the night and after the -- one corner here it goes back again. So we'll go over to that. Or there Baghdad global edition comes all the way out here. That's correct and up to this point over here. I think it'd be happy if he has the he's setting. Let him be below grade. But we don't know what we're going to find here is the only place that it's evident right here that's correct we have a big -- propping up the -- And few other spots. And it's that stone that's very very typical of the argument is that all right great putting down. And if we do encounter a lot of it. We're world which will be able set about the putting on that in the flooding and work from there let's get out of his way --"
" Right now this little bit more of a problem isn't it guys. Well -- a bigger piece of rock here we don't think it's laboratory we do if it's in the where the foundation wall. But we're not putting -- basement in the addition just to crawl space that's correct but we don't worry about taking up the whole thing how -- we deal with this well I think the."
" Best thing that though it's it's rather than blasting great why don't we grab going to machine over here with a jacket on. We're just chip away at a little bit and take out what we need to take -- OK looks like we should get out of the -- yes. OK -- to bring out an end to -- you can go here. It looks like the rock one. It certainly did where we were on there were about fourteen hours. In the for the sake of timely fashion. To get this project that small part to be profitable project -- and you move on. We're once pour it wouldn't be cost effective broken up all of the truck because we would not putting ample basement just crawl space. And you'll cap this off the Syrian it would then slap right that's correct we may still have a small piece of the -- showing here at the top derivative one piece in the coffers but. What about the gaps there was a form work meets the rock aren't you worried that when you poured."
" All slip out while we're all -- on that Bob is that when the first truck comes I'll take stiff concrete -- and fill a bottom up two feet. Let it set for awhile we'll go the other side -- water in the mix bringing that sign up. And we'll come back here and that should be set up -- stiff so will lots lineup right that's clip let's talk."
" About the former -- if it hadn't finished putting forth together in the right order here and this is pretty standard construction technology plywood forms. But I come -- a variety of sizes but we have an unusual detail in the foundation and that the architects plan calls for an notched corner. And how are you building it here. It's just a matter of putting a few extra panels in here Bob -- What we're about to do right now is published to snapped Verizon bought one. And shops. OK now this appetizer are holding the the panels together. And after the whole thing is stripped just snap them off right that's right now we're not the dogs often. Take the panels -- the wall and he had to tile this rebar to it I do Bob what what I'm doing is I have to take some ties. Time to around the steel. To a snap tonight -- terrorists. Is to make sure to steal ends up in the right position in the war. My next step will be to. Take my next farm a follow that up. Make sure the lines in the grooves yeah you get grooves in all of these in between immunity went right here right where -- it fit right into the -- that's right. Okay then -- going to have to. -- these together."
" That holds them together. Why -- in the roof. All right the next got. Love -- actually Bob Vila the other -- on the next. You know -- you. That's chemically or. So. And we have to put them up to the washes and it doesn't do it in place. And."
" All right so -- the truck coming about twenty -- and -- It would have been. It fits right in here here."
" OK and there really drive part of the mix. Yes and that's probably got a shovel and opera that it at. And nobody. Here to put in life."