Saturday, October 15, 2011

slabslabslabslab

I guess this is the part where you realize it's really going to be a house.

Slab has been poured:



The slab shows that the house is divided lengthwise into thirds: one third is the master, one third is kid's rooms and bathroom and laundry, and middle third is open kitchen and living area. Plus middle third continues to include an outdoor living room (in the above pic, that's poking out towards the camera).

There's also a little outdoor kitchenette area, aka, couple of feet of slab for a grill, right off the kitchen (top right corner in this pic):



One of the more notable ICF-specific elements are the pieces of rebar poking out along the exterior walls. These are used to mount the ICF blocks. Walls are about a foot thick when all is said and done (I think 10" for the blocks themselves, plus an inch or two for exterior stucco and interior plaster):



And all spare concrete (along with unused 2x4 scraps) is used to make some large pavers for the walkway between house and carport:





A few more pics just to make it clear what things look like. For me, this is the first day when the actual size of the house and rooms is perceptually clear. Even with the slab molds in place, it was hard to envision.







1 comment:

  1. yowza - movin' right along eh? any chance you'll be out on site this weekend and would like a visitor or two?

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