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ᐅ Severe weather warning level red for our construction area tomorrow!

Created on: 12 May 2018 21:13
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KingSong
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Hello everyone,

A severe weather warning has been issued for our building site tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following day. It is a red alert with warnings of heavy rain, hail, and hurricane-force winds.

At the moment, our base slab is prepared for the concrete pour scheduled on Monday.

Current status:

- 18 cm (7 inches) of perimeter insulation installed
- plastic sheeting on top
- spacers and one layer of reinforcement steel

Can I leave everything as it is shown in the picture without worry, or should I secure anything or take other precautions?

Could hail cause serious damage to the plastic sheeting or the perimeter insulation?


Foundation construction site with reinforcement steel mesh, gravel, and adjacent house


Thanks in advance,

greetz Jörg
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Nordlys13 May 2018 21:33
#19
As a weather-tested structural insulated panel (SIP) builder. Storm gusts, even hurricane-level, don’t affect your partially completed foundation slab at all. Case closed. Heavy rain neither. That leaves hail. While it’s not impossible that hail could damage the insulation, it is very unlikely. So, nothing too serious. Karsten
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zizzi14 May 2018 05:27
#20
@KingSong can you update us later on the current status—whether it is the actual or intended condition? I hope everything goes as planned today [emoji3]
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HilfeHilfe14 May 2018 06:42
#21
Whether a delay of 1-2 days makes a big difference in the budget. We are not working in a factory.
schubert7914 May 2018 06:54
#22
So, how does it look now?
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haydee14 May 2018 07:04
#23
I was just about to ask the same.
Here, there was nothing at all on Thursday, but 30 km (about 18 miles) away they got stuck in hail ice. I was wondering why snow plows were out.
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Egon1214 May 2018 09:17
#24
Concern aside, are you even responsible for site security?