The weather has been in our favor and all is moving forward nicely. the basement walls are all standing with the floor joists and floor sheathing in place. The main floor walls were framed this week and the roof trusses are arriving Friday morning. Sub-trades for plumbing, heating, electrical and roofing have all been notified so we should be onto the next phase without any issues. Took a few pictures of the fantastic views but they hardly do justice to the spectacular views from Peachland all the way to Lake Country.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Busy time with concrete
It's been nearly two weeks since our last post and there has been a lot of changes.
After stripping the concrete forms we applied a damproofing system around the perimeter of the walls. Next we installed the weeping tile, perforated white PVC 4" pipe around the entire perimeter with a connection to the ground water system provided by the city. The Weeping tile was covered with washed gravel and a cover of landscape fabric to prevent loose dirt from entering the system. Next we installed the rain water leaders, solid white PVC 4" pipe to capture all rain water from the roof line, risers are located at specific points around the perimeter these will collect water from the down spouts of the rain gutters. The Rain water collection system is also connected to the same system provided by the city.
When we formed the frost walls we created a 6" corbel to allow for an extra 1 1/2" of rigid insulation on the inside of the wall to make a continuous flow of insulation from the footing to the roof line. Rigid insulation was then placed on the interior face of all of the frost walls. Once all the plumbing was in place we filled the interior area of the basement with compacted fill and 6" of Radon rock.
Within the 6" layer of radon rock we installed a perforated 4" PVC pipe connected to a solid elbow and solid riser. The system collects the potential radon gas beneath the floor and will be vented through the roof. A 6 ml poly vapour barrier was installed and sealed to the perimeter with non hardening acoustic caulking and all protrusions were sealed with red tuck tape.
Next we installed 10 mm steel reinforcing bar across the entire floor area, each length of rebar is drilled into the concrete to prevent the floor from any potential shifting. We expect all concrete to crack so the rebar will only minimize the cracking but it will stop it from shifting vertically between any of the cracks.
During the same time as the above work was being done, we also completed the concrete footings and walls for the garage, this was poured at the same time as the basement floor on April 10
After stripping the concrete forms we applied a damproofing system around the perimeter of the walls. Next we installed the weeping tile, perforated white PVC 4" pipe around the entire perimeter with a connection to the ground water system provided by the city. The Weeping tile was covered with washed gravel and a cover of landscape fabric to prevent loose dirt from entering the system. Next we installed the rain water leaders, solid white PVC 4" pipe to capture all rain water from the roof line, risers are located at specific points around the perimeter these will collect water from the down spouts of the rain gutters. The Rain water collection system is also connected to the same system provided by the city.
When we formed the frost walls we created a 6" corbel to allow for an extra 1 1/2" of rigid insulation on the inside of the wall to make a continuous flow of insulation from the footing to the roof line. Rigid insulation was then placed on the interior face of all of the frost walls. Once all the plumbing was in place we filled the interior area of the basement with compacted fill and 6" of Radon rock.
Within the 6" layer of radon rock we installed a perforated 4" PVC pipe connected to a solid elbow and solid riser. The system collects the potential radon gas beneath the floor and will be vented through the roof. A 6 ml poly vapour barrier was installed and sealed to the perimeter with non hardening acoustic caulking and all protrusions were sealed with red tuck tape.
Next we installed 10 mm steel reinforcing bar across the entire floor area, each length of rebar is drilled into the concrete to prevent the floor from any potential shifting. We expect all concrete to crack so the rebar will only minimize the cracking but it will stop it from shifting vertically between any of the cracks.
During the same time as the above work was being done, we also completed the concrete footings and walls for the garage, this was poured at the same time as the basement floor on April 10
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