Monday, July 13, 2009

Footings…Day 5

It’s a big day at The “L” Shaped House. The first cement trucks are on the site pouring the footings. The top photo shows the conveyor system reaching all the way across the the garage to deliver cement to the footing on the far side. In the middle photo Sam looks on while Matt Sletten and crew fill forms. The last photo shows the crew preparing to pour the West end footings.

We also get our first action packed video of the blog… Here we see Matt guiding the hose while the crew carefully distributes cement into all the cracks and crevices of the forms. The whole system for moving and pouring the cement is amazing. The guy in the vest in the middle photo is operating a remote that controls the conveyor. He can precisely position the hose over the forms and control the delivery of cement while standing just above the trench.

The three photos below (taken last night) show the poured footings after everyone left for the day. The first is a panoramic shot of the house site, the other two show details of the basement walk-out wall and the garage+crawl space footings.

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