Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Closer to a floor



We've been working on all the things that go under the floor, small stones, the water line, the telephone line and the fiber optic conduit. Some of them were run through other conduit for protection since there was still to be a lot of weight and walking on them before the floor was poured.

More than a dozen piers of various sizes were formed to provide needed support for the posts that will hold up the roof. Some of them are shown in these two pictures. After digging and forming them we got a lot of rain. They appear here full of water. Though the floor is all rock in these pictures, underneath is heavy clay which drains very slowly.

The large rectangle in the second shot is a replacement for six or seven smaller piers that were so close together their forms would have overlapped. The area covers most of the master bedroom's closet.

The rooms-to-be, from top to bottom, left to right: small half-bath, laundry/utility room, "office" area, bathroom and master bedroom.

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