Today they began taking the forms off of the newly poured concrete walls and cleaning up the site in preparation for the work putting up the forms for the slabs that will be the house deck and the roof of the apartment. As the pictures show, they still have a ways to go to complete […]
The concrete all got poured today. Making this happen took an impressive amount of work. Originally the cement trucks had been ordered for 7AM. When it became clear yesterday afternoon that there was still a lot to do, they pushed them back to arrive starting some time between noon and 2. The first truck arrived […]
All the rebar is up. The work passed two inspections this morning. Originally, we were told that they would pour cement starting at 7 tomorrow, then it was noon, and finally it is now 2 PM. The problem is that, although all the rebar and most of the forms are in place, the forms in […]
Yesterday, we thought that we had come to a solution for the problem of raising the height of the apartment ceiling by raising the roof slab to match the height of the deck slab. This morning, however, that solution looked less simple: with the roof slab and the deck slab at the same height, the […]
With the forms for the walls under the deck done, today they made good progress on the forms for the walls of the apartment, shown in Picture 1. However, the real excitement of the day is documented in Picture 2. In the background of this photo, you can see some of the completed forms for […]
Today, they almost finished the framing for the walls supporting the deck and holding in the rainwater bag. You may be able to see some L-shaped rebar pieces extending horizontally into the interior space at the top of the forms. These will eventually be connected into the fabric of rebar that will give strength to […]
Today the work continued on the forms for the walls that will go under the deck that sits between the garage/apartment and the house. Picture 1, may help you to visualize where this is. The right side of the shot shows a wall of the garage — the one along which the stairway to the […]
We were in Chicago today, finishing a visit with Haywood and Curtis, but, after the Memorial Day holiday, the work continued. Last week they applied a thick layer of a bitumen-based coating. Today it was finally dry enough that they could follow that up with a waterproofing fabric. Picture 1 shows this being applied to […]
Although it drizzled on and off all day, they are continued to install the rebar and build the forms for the garage walls. You cannot see a lot of the progress in the overview shot below, since much of the progress is taking place at a smaller scale. One striking thing is simply how much […]
Although it is unusual for this time of year, May began with about a tenth of inch of rain overnight. Although it would have been great to get more, given that it was going to stop, we were glad that it stopped early enough in the morning that it didn’t affect the work on the […]