Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Preparing for the foundation
Dave Stecher took these pictures on December 6th and 7th. I still have a couple more pictures that he took after these. I'll get them posted shortly.
After the plumbing was installed, they spread out the gravel to form a 6" base, and placed the concrete formwork.
The pink extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation has been placed around the perimeter of the slab. The thickened edge will rest on this material. Inside the perimeter, 4 inches of sand has been placed to bring the grade up to the top of the pink insulation. The white styrofoam (EPS) will eventually be placed overlapping the XPS by two feet.
I understand that there hasn't been much work on the site over the holidays, but that it should resume soon. I'll try to get out there myself and see how things look.
# posted by Philip Brewer : 8:01 AM
