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The main floor walls have been stacked. We were wondering if there were enough block to finish the job, but the crew made it through the top row.
It’s quite fitting, I think, that the fourth (and final!) cement pour occurred in a downpour. Today we woke up to snow (SNOW!) that later turned to rain. [...]
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The construction has been going very smoothly. The first wall section had cut panels that exposed the areas inside at corners. Before each pour, these areas had to be covered with plywood that was wired onto the panel to hold the cement inside.
Subsequent sections have been done with mitered corners. It’s not only much easier, [...]
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The aerated concrete panels we are using to build our home are not a common system, so few crews are familiar with the materials and method. Aaron Eames, the manufacturer, has spend the past month working on the first two levels and training Brad and his crew in the techniques invovled.
With the training completed, today [...]
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With the walls five block high, yesterday the crew poured cement into the hollow spaces in the aerated concrete panels. The result will be cement pillars surrounded by fibrous, insulated forms. There were two known blowouts (one pictured below) and the system used for the corners seemed inefficient and problematic. But when all was said [...]
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