Thursday, September 10, 2009

Foundation footing dig complete

They fixed the machine.  DBC construction came out and did a days worth of bucket scooping and hand digging.  They then finished the footing forms.  This thing is extra thick and extra wide (TWSS) due to the overall shape and height of the structure.  This is NOT the final wall thickness, just the footing the wall sits on.  Notice on the edges that meet the house, we're pouring 'neat' or directly against dirt to avoid leaving form boards stuck under the house.  This is approved by the structural engineers as long as we add the notated width to the footing.  I know 2 things about concrete:
It will crack.
Nobody will steal it after it hardens.
This is comforting if even in the smallest measure.  Also note the blue vent stack for plumbing.  It was placed there to trail up the wall and out the roof to maintain the P-traps once the plumbing goes in.  That was placed almost 2 years ago, and we're pretty much right on the mark.  Nice to see the dimensions starting to line up.
Also note the black Sanitary Sewer line coming from the studio.  It, of course, is exactly the right depth to penetrate (TWSS) BOTH the footing and the wall.  Not sure if a plumber could do that with a set of prints if they wanted to.  It gets wrapped with a space age polymer to avoid being cracked due to the concrete contraction and expansion.  At least the fresh water is entirely outside of the new construction.  Yeah us.
Now I'm waiting for the footing inspection and the plumber to come by and talk.  About dogs, daughters, no big whoop.  The footing is neither a foot, nor is it 'ing-ing'.  discuss.

 
View from studio roof showing foundation footing forms, Sanitary Sewer from studio and new Vent Stack in wall.

 
Wow.  Plumbing exactly mid way between top of footing and bottom of foundation wall.  Elbow misses the pour by 6".  This was laid in 2 years ago.

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