The Beginning ---- Footings June 2000
This is one of the last times you can stand on the deck and look west and see
those
trees across the driveway.
It's mid June 2000 and from the southwest corner of the deck you can see the
excavation for
the area under the future garage.
Here is the view of the footings forms and rebar in place for the furnace
room.
The twelve squares are 2x4's setup as forms to accept any extra concrete
from
the form pour and put the excess to use as large (and heavy) "patio
blocks" that
will eventually be used in a walkway.
This view is towards the north and shows the foundation footing forms under the future bathroom.
This closeup shows the footing forms under the northwest corner of the
furnace room on the left.
Note the rebar that extends up, out of the concrete area. This is used
later in the attachment of the
stepped footing for the garage section.
To the right is the corner where the south wall of the new section attaches
to the south
wall of the existing house. You can see the house footing exposed.
The floor of the
addition will be 8" higher ("one step up") than that of the main
house.
This view (looking west at the south wall of the furnace room) shows the
stepped footings needed under
the furnace room access door to that the footing depth at that point will be
below the frost line.
Thankfully, due to the sandy soil here, the frostline is only two feet down.
Here is the footings already poured for the foundation for the room under the bathroom.
This view shows the poured footings for the furnace room-- and the
"patio blocks".
I sprinkled 1/2 stone (#25) atop the concrete for the patio blocks to give it a
pebbly finish.
One cannot do all this work without leaving your initials someplace.
This is at the southeast corner footing for the
furnace room. You can also note the furrow that is placed in
the top of the footing to provide a sort of "interlock"
for the mortar for the foundation blocks. The furrow appears as the
horizontal line at the right side of the concrete
extending in towards the left for a bit from the right side of the photo.
My friend Bill loaned me his concrete wet saw so that I could cut the
concrete blocks.
This is a wonderful tool. The diamond blade cuts through concrete just
like a sharp circular saw
cuts through wood... Only difference is sawdust isn't all over everything as
concrete dust is!