The camera is standing at the east end of the house, looking over the forms in place, ready for the concrete to be poured for the foundation. Notice, however, that there is snow on the ground: that is snow that fell 4 days ago, and the temperature has been below freezing ever since, which is too cold to pour concrete. The current cold snap is supposed to continue all this week, so we can't pour concrete this week, and are hoping to pour the concrete early next week.
This is a view inside the west end of the basement, looking at the forms. Jeff is on the ladder attaching wires to the rebar. Each of the panels is 2 feet high, so the wall we're looking at is 12 feet tall. Since that exceeds the height maximum for concrete walls, we will actually need to put in 3 feet of dirt fill on the floor of the basement before we pour the slab (floor) so the wall will only be 9 feet high, which still makes an awesome basement. Note the snow on the ground.
James is standing in the doorway into the basement, at the western wall of the house. Note the very warm jacket and hat and gloves, which weren't warm enough. But in the Pacific NW, when you are in the construction business, most of the year is adverse weather conditions, so you need to handle cold, and rain, and....
The camera is standing at the east end of the house, looking over the forms in place, ready for the concrete to be poured for the foundation. Notice, however, that there is snow on the ground: that is snow that fell 4 days ago, and the temperature has been below freezing ever since, which is too cold to pour concrete. The current cold snap is supposed to continue all this week, so we can't pour concrete this week, and are hoping to pour the concrete early next week.
This is a view inside the west end of the basement, looking at the forms. Jeff is on the ladder attaching wires to the rebar. Each of the panels is 2 feet high, so the wall we're looking at is 12 feet tall. Since that exceeds the height maximum for concrete walls, we will actually need to put in 3 feet of dirt fill on the floor of the basement before we pour the slab (floor) so the wall will only be 9 feet high, which still makes an awesome basement. Note the snow on the ground.
James is standing in the doorway into the basement, at the western wall of the house. Note the very warm jacket and hat and gloves, which weren't warm enough. But in the Pacific NW, when you are in the construction business, most of the year is adverse weather conditions, so you need to handle cold, and rain, and....
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