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                                   Building Our House in the Caribbean

                                                       Step 14 - Constructing the Generator and Pool Pump Rooms
  
   
                                                             IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THE UPPER FOUNDATION,
                          WE FIRST HAD TO CONSTRUCT THE GENERATOR AND POOL PUMP ROOMS ON THE LOWER LEVEL.

 Generator Room Floor Footings and Steel   Generator Room Compacted  Generator Room Steel   Lots of Electrical
   
  The footings were dug with the main level footings, then the floor was compacted, large plumbing and electrical lines installed,
                                    and then termite treatment applied, plastic installed and then floor and wall steel tied.

    

             Jonus Pumps Pool Pump Room Floor
   Generator Room Floor Poured1   Pool Pump Room Poured 1
                  Jonus pumps the concrete.                 The pool pump room was poured first, then the generator room (on the left).


                                                  
Pool Pump Room Floor Poured2Pool Pump Room Poured1

           
Pouring the floor involved lots of teamwork since the generator room and pool pump room floors are at different heights. 
                Additionally, we added a drain to the pool pump room which Joseph had to carefully slope the floor towards.
  

     Generator Room and Pool Pump Room Forms   Generator Room and Pool Pump Room Ready for Pour 
The forms were constructed and braced.
                      
                            Chip Checks Out Forms  
Chip was pleased with the great formwork!  

                                Generator Room and Pool Pump Room Poured
  One Yard Short2

                        
This wasn't our best pour due to the concrete not flowing properly through the hose,
                                                  and Clada underestimated the amount of concrete. 
                                            The fellas ended up mixing 10 bags of Quikcrete to help out.

                                   Generator Room and Pool Pump Room Forms Removed     The walls came out beautiful...
                      
             Generator room roof formed Steel in roofs
     
We decided to finish the generator and pool pump rooms, so we formed the roof and tied the steel

                roofs bracedgenerator room roof poured
                      
We poured the roof when we poured the garage roof beam

                        


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