Slab maintenance

We were lucky to employ our good friend Adam Kaiser to drop by and water down the slab while we were away.


A man who takes his job seriously.

Slab pour

The pour begins. Eva says it looks like brownie batter.


Steve Ramirez and crew screed the concrete.


Then, after the concrete has set-up, Steve and partner trowel the surface smooth


Randy, the pumper, and his dog Cody


Steve, on the right, and one of his crew after the job is complete.

The foundation coming together.

After the footings were poured we added about 6" of gravel


Then a layer of plastic to keep moisture from coming up into the slab


Then a layer of insulation


Then sand and rebar


Contralo and Samuel did most of the inner slab work at Mike Wright's direction


Then I added the radiant floor tubing


Rick Wilson came by and helped pressure test the tubing and on Friday afternoon we received approval from the building department to proceed with the slab pour, scheduled for Monday.

Foundation Details

Here are a couple of photos showing some of the foundation forming details


Hold downs for engineered strong walls


Anchor bolts and holders, the bolt on the left is a smaller hold down


Rebar coming up from the footing and out onto the slab, will be connected to a grid of rebar across the slab. The wood inside of the footing holds back the concrete at the door threshold. When we pour the slab we'll remove the board and the colored concrete will flow into this area creating a seamless look.