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Finally, the first wall pour!

After three delays due to rain, the lower wall forms were filled with concrete on September 24th - a beautiful, cool autumn day.

The concrete was pumped from the top of our driveway through 300 feet of heavy-duty rubber hose into the the wall cavities. The highest walls were first poured only partially full, then completed on a second pass. This minimized the chances of "blow-outs" in the foam blocks from the weight of the wet, fluid concrete.

The pour went well, winding up around noon.

Photo - 9/24/02
The thick rubber hose is very heavy when it's full of concrete,
and requires a lot of manpower to move it along the walls.



Photo - 9/24/02
The concrete flow is carefully watched to make sure that the walls are properly filled.
The sky really was this blue.


Photo - 9/24/02
At this point, the concrete does not completely fill the forms. It is left very rough to form a good mechanical bond when forms for the main floor are stacked and filled with concrete.

Photo - 9/24/02
A day earlier, the steel floor joists and the corrugated steel for the pan (that will support the lightweight concrete main floor slab) were delivered and stacked on the lower driveway. Installing these components and the heavy beams and ledgers that will support them will be the next major step in the house construction.

Other walls are arising too...

The steel wall framing for the shop also has been fabricated and the lower sections erected in place.

It's a neat feeling to be able to walk into at least one of our rooms and get a sense of its size and shape.

Photo - 9/20/02
The framing members for the upper part of
the walls can be seen laying flat in the carport beyond.




Home | Beginnings | Flood | Foundation pour | Blocks & tanks | Cistern
Stacking| Prep for wall pour | Wall pour | Floor beams | Floor pan | Floor pour
Stacking II | Interior walls | Moving up | Decks | Upstairs | Roof | Roof II
Dogrun | Roof III | Sticks 'n stones | Decks II | Floors & windows | Sheetrock & stairs
Railing & siding | Texture & metal | Exterior | Cabinets & floors | Counters & such
Rainwater system | Dogrun II | Final stuff

Green Building | Technologies | Credits




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