Hello everyone,
Construction has finally started at our site.
I would like to share my experiences, concerns, and questions about the house building process here to get feedback from experienced people.
So, it’s kind of a small building diary.
The earthworks have been completed with the delivery of 340 tons of sand for backfilling, and the trenches for the strip foundation have also been prepared.
The steel mesh for reinforcement is ready on site.
Now the date for the slab foundation is set.
Pipes for wastewater and the multi-utility connection need to be installed, the foundation grounding conductor has to be laid, a drainage membrane has to be placed, reinforcement tied, and formwork set up.
Is all of this achievable in one day, including the concrete delivery?
Before I provide more details, I’d like to hear your opinions.
Best regards
Construction has finally started at our site.
I would like to share my experiences, concerns, and questions about the house building process here to get feedback from experienced people.
So, it’s kind of a small building diary.
The earthworks have been completed with the delivery of 340 tons of sand for backfilling, and the trenches for the strip foundation have also been prepared.
The steel mesh for reinforcement is ready on site.
Now the date for the slab foundation is set.
Pipes for wastewater and the multi-utility connection need to be installed, the foundation grounding conductor has to be laid, a drainage membrane has to be placed, reinforcement tied, and formwork set up.
Is all of this achievable in one day, including the concrete delivery?
Before I provide more details, I’d like to hear your opinions.
Best regards
Mike29 schrieb:
As a layperson, I can't imagine that it is correct for the spacers to be partially embedded in the frost skirt. Or that they are visible beneath the formwork boards.It seems to me that you might be mistaking the lightweight wall profiles placed on the vapor barrier to prevent it from blowing away for permanent components and (as supposed spacers) for parts of the reinforcement (?). The formwork boards apparently have not yet been positioned at their final installation height.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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So, for us, the reinforcement was installed a few days before the concrete was poured. It was a whole pile of steel mesh and bent rebar, tied together with wire. The structural engineer and our site manager approved it, and two days later the concrete was poured. We received the structural plans, all calculations, and the reinforcement drawings from the general contractor without having to ask.
11ant schrieb:
It seems to me that you are mistaking the lightweight wall profiles placed on the vapor barrier to prevent displacement for permanent parts and (misinterpreting them as spacers) for reinforcement components (?).
The formwork boards obviously are not yet at their installation height. Yes, you are correct. The original poster indirectly confirmed this in their response, if I have not misunderstood.
However, I do not believe the formwork boards are not yet at their intended height. The original poster stated that the spacers were specifically used to position the formwork.
Basically, it doesn’t matter much; for a slab supposedly ready for concreting except for the reinforcement, in my opinion, a lot still looks unfinished. The pipes also do not appear to be positioned so that they would still protrude from the concrete with a minimum slab thickness of 25cm (10 inches). But that could be misleading based on the photos.
@Tolentino Oh, I haven’t read here for a few days.
dynaudio7926 Feb 2021 08:04The formwork has definitely not yet been installed up to the finished floor level.
The supports on the outside are also still missing to prevent the formwork from bending outward.
The supports on the outside are also still missing to prevent the formwork from bending outward.
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