Tag: concrete
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Crawl Space vs. Poured Concrete Foundations
When I began building homes, we use to frame our forms out of 2 X materials and we would stack them and cleat them together with other 2 Xs. After this we would frame a short wall and clad it with plywood. We needed to over brace these forms to prevent blow-out from the concrete.…
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Stay Calm
For many of my clients I am the only one who been through the building or purchasing many times. These are stressful times for the clients and well-meaning people sometimes give poor advice. Take a moment before answering and plan out what you wish to convey. Do not get excited and act like you have…
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Hanging Rebar
I have in previous blogs talked about setting the rebar in chairs, but there are situations when doing so is not practical. I am building an ADU in clay soil. Because clay is considered unstable the footings and slab also is reinforced. This reinforcement is 3/8” or #3 rebar spaced at 126” on center. Since…
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