June-July 2000 House Addition Foundation work
A temporary entryway had to be arranged so that easy access to the house was
still
available. It was a bit of a hassle to have to work underneath the walkway
at times.
The dirt pile to the left eventually was used to fill in the area under the
garage floor.
Concrete blocks from The Concrete Service were delivered and placed in
convenient
places near where they would ultimately be used. I forget how many
blocks were needed,
but it was somewhere near 1000.
The left photo is from the driveway as it passes the addition, the right view is
from the
temporary entryway deck looking down to the room underneath the future bathroom.
Again, the view from the temporary entryway deck, just outside the old entry
door, but
looking more towards the furnace room under the bedroom.
This view, looking north, is from the west wall of the furnace room and shows
the footing forms for the
stepped footings in the garage area.
This view, looking south, is of the same area of the photo just above, showing
the footing forms
for the garage west wall.
Here's that same view (looking south) just after the footings were poured with concrete.
Taken from the temporary entryway deck (old side door), this view looks down at
the basement wall under
the future bathroom and the area on the right will be part of the
crawlspace. There is another step in the
foundation here. The photo shows the preliminary form boards in
position. Later additional boards were
added so that the whole area didn't fill with concrete when poured.
This
is the view (looking south) of what you see above, but from the driveway in a
spot that will
eventually be just in front of the front door.
Here's how that stepped footing between the crawlspace and bathroom-basement
area looks after the
concrete was poured. There is quite a bit of concrete there-- and lots of
rebar-metal inside! You don't
get to see how the rebar was joined to the blocks on the left. Holes were
made in the blocks so that
the concrete from the footing pour formed a solid mass with the blocks at that
corner.
This is the same view of above, but from the driveway (in front of the future
front door). This shows the
footing for what will be the left-hand wall of the garage.
This view shows the footings as they go under the temporary entryway.
This location will eventually be the front wall where the main entry to the
house will be.
This
is the view (looking north) of the wall between the furnace room and the
garage. If you look
closely you can see dark lines every few feet in the grouting. This was
taken the day the cores
were poured and the dark areas show the moisture leeching through the mortar
where the pours
were made. Later in the day the damp areas were more pronounced and all
the way to the bottom.
This is another shot taken on "core pouring day" and shows the
southwest corner of the house,
where the overhead door to enter the furnace room is. Note a stepped
footing here too.
This view, looking south from the driveway, shows the foundation ready to
receive the foundation
inspection. The cores are poured, mounting bolts in place, waterproof
sealant applied as needed.
At this point you can get a feel for what is being built-- though, even at this
stage, many visitors still
could not envision what I was doing.
Just after passing the foundation inspection the concrete basement and
crawlspace floors were poured
and these shots show the crawlspace floor as it dried. We didn't pour the
garage floor in 2000.
The garage floor was done in 2001 and was the only bit of construction done on
this project that year.
This southward view shows the garage floor with a large pile of floor joists under the black tarp.
Now that the furnace room floor has set up, I moved my saw and saw-table into
position so I could
start cutting the boards for the flooring system. The saw table
arrangement makes cutting multiple
boards quick and accurate.
These are more views of the poured cores and the bolts that hold the house to
the foundation.
Many people don't realize that wind can knock a house off the foundation as
easily as it sometimes
does. These bolts (which will attach to "sill plate" boards)
firmly anchor the house down, even in
pretty high winds.
Here is Mr Ed inspecting the job.
From the appearance of the entryway deck (with original steps and railing in
place), this was taken
during the early footing preparation for the "lower section" of the
foundation (early June 2000).