The site surrounding the excavation was prepared so that the concrete truck could drive around the edge of the excavation throughout the pour.
Category Archives: Chris Gould Photographs
The first cement truck arrives
Waiting for the pour
Forms with rebar ready to fill
The formular 400 (pink XPS) has a compression strength of 40 PSI. The footing will be insulated from ground contact and thermal bridging to the soil.
Layering insulation under the footing
Dan Gregg, the foundation subcontractor, sets the the double layer of 2- inch thick foam sheets in an overlapping arrangement. This Formular 400 rigid foam insulation is XPS and will be used in limited amounts where the compressive strength is required.
Embedding utility conduit in stone
On this layer of tamped stone will sit the formular 400 rigid form insulation and the footing.
Events are moving quickly
All of our utilities will enter the house under the footing. Two inch conduit will carry all our services into the lower level utility room. The conduit is placed under the rigid foam insulation, and under the lower level slab.
In front is the additional excavation for the lower level frost wall beneath the future sliding door entrance.
Our great excavation begins
Our lower level will have nine foot ceilings. The depth of the excavation
is shown with Nicholas for scale.
Across the field and into the woods
Ted preparing the road surface for the next load of stone.
Ted is my in-law and the farmer of the land. The road to the house site is 1,400 feet in length. It also crosses two culverts. I am building this road myself, with a great deal of help from Ted. His generosity of time, labor, knowledge and equipment is making this project possible. He is an artist with the backhoe. This photo was taken on his 75th birthday.
Clearing the road
10.15.2011: We cut down very few trees to build the road. This oak had to go.