Foundation

Plumbing Grounds

Foundation Plumbing When building your own home, the plumbing grounds stage of construction will come after the forms have been set, and a load of sand has been delivered and spread out inside of the form boards for cushioning. At this time you will schedule the plumbing contractor to come out to the house and [...]

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Foundation Inspection

Foundation

First Foundation Inspection When building your own home, it is important to know that you need to have the foundation inspection called in to the applicable inspectors with sufficient lead times to ensure availability of the inspectors. The foundation inspection should not be called in, however, until you have had sufficient time yourself to thoroughly [...]

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Checklist for Pouring Slab

Concrete

Checklist for Pouring Concrete Slab Verify the engineering representative has been called and is at the job site. Accomplish the engineers slab inspection (see foundation category for checklist) Make sure the concrete finisher arrives one hour in advance of the first truck, allowing time to cancel or delay placement Use grade stakes to make sure [...]

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Slab Placement

Concrete

Concrete Slab Placement (Pouring Slab) Following completion of any foundation inspection requirements and receiving an approved form survey, the slab is ready for placement. Any equipment required for concrete placement should be provided by the contractor(s). Advance coordination with the concrete supplier and the concrete finishing contractor ensures timely arrival and placement of concrete with [...]

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Concrete Expansion Joints

Concrete

Isolation/Expansion Joints in Concrete When building your own home, one of the items that will require your attention during the foundation/flatwork portion of construction is checking the use of expansion joints. Slab-on-grade isolation joints are used where a concrete slab meets another slab or other concrete structure, such as: Sidewalks or driveways adjacent to your [...]

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Post Tension Cables

post tension foundations

Post-tensioned concrete incorporates 1/2 inch steel cables to provide internal stress as a means of transferring or counteracting eternal loads a concrete slab is designed to support. Slab design is based on a soil analysis accomplished before any home construction should begin. The foundation plan and beam detail sheet provided by the slab engineer outlines [...]

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Managing your Framing Contractor

Framing

When building your own home, managing your framing contractor will help save you time and money. But you also need to do your homework and make sure that you are not going to be hurting your framing contractors ability to complete his job to a satisfactory level. So before providing your house plans to the [...]

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Foundation Forms

Foundation

You are ready for the foundation make-up at the completion of the foundation plumbing and once you have verified all of the plumbing locations. Often times, depending on the city requirements, you will also need the foundation rough inspection completed prior to moving forward with the foundation make-up. This phase of construction consist of the [...]

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Foundation Brickledge Checklist

Foundation

CHECKLIST FOR FOUNDATION FORM FLOAT 1. Compare the foundation plans to the floor plans issued for construction. Confirm that all plans, elevations, and dimensions match. 2. Confirm that a form survey has been scheduled 3. Confirm that brick ledge locations are the proper length and in the proper locations Brick ledge where required. Carefully confirm [...]

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Foundation Brickledge

Foundation

Foundation Brickledge. Floating the forms is part of getting the foundation ready for proper framing, exterior stone and masonry work, ensuring protection against water penetration and termites, and a quality built home. During the process of building your own home, the time will come for the forms to be “floated” after the post tension cable [...]

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