When we last left you, we were installing some of the plumbing. Since that time, we had a bit over 2" of rain last week which slowed some things down, namely the 'graders'.
We also had a cave-in of one bag wall (no biggey) that needed to be repaired.  |
Bag cave-in. Bummer! |
'Graders' is an interesting term that describes the trenching that needs to be done within the foundation to create the concrete beams that support the foundation. (Somehow that doesn't make logical sense to me, but, what do I know?)
When I first saw the trenches, I was struck by how much they reminded me of the excavation sites Jan and I have seen in Italy within the Roman Ruins, but I digress. Because the foundation slab is so long and thick, these beam locations are engineered to provide support to eliminate any movement and cracking.
But, before any concrete can be poured into the beam sections or along the foundation perimeter, there needs to be steel re-bar inserted into the trench lines and the outer walls. Enter the "Re-Bar Guys"!
The following pictures are of Miguel and his team beginning the enormous task of laying re-bar in, and across, the entire project. I've got to say that this is one of the toughest, and most tedious jobs, on the project. Each intersection of re-bar has to be hand-tied, so think about how many intersections of two re-bar pieces exist in this kind of project. Thousands!
So, I'm told that by Tuesday the foundation project will be complete and ready for inspection sign-off, which means that we get to pouring concrete by mid-week. Pray for sunshine!
See ya then,
- John and Jan -
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