The Forms are Stripped, The Cellar takes Shape

The Second to Last Foundation Pour!!!

The Next Few Days, Forms are Constructed/Braced

New Year Brings the Final Foundation Walls

  The wall forms are lined up in place and made ready for installation. At the existing adjacent foundation, since the existing wall (with rigid insulation) will form one side of of the wall, a complicated, customized one-sided form system is used by Pepe. This requires a method of bracing the one-sided form properly to …

Footing Forms Stripped, Insulation Installed

  On New Years Eve day, Julio from Pepe’s crew relaxes with a soda after stripping the footing forms in preparation for the construction of the final foundation wall forms after the New Year.

Final Footings Poured

  The footings against the existing adjacent rubble foundation wall are set up above the new cellar slab elevation in order to avoid any undermining of the existing support material of the adjacent structure. You can note the stepped down footing when we pass the existing cellar foundation of the adjacent building. The pipe sleeve …

Footings are Formed Adjacent to the Existing Foundation Wall

The Walls are Now Backfilled

And the Rigid Insulation/Moisture-Proofing is Installed…

Foundation Drainage Installs Rather Easily

  Now that the walls are poured, the perimeter drainage piping, encased in gravel and filter fabric, are installed.