Step 10 - Constructing the Breezeway
and Lower Level Retaining Walls
AFTER FOUR DAYS OF DIGGING TO WIDEN THE AREA BEHIND THE HOUSE, THE TEAM
CONSTRUCTED THE STEEL
CAGES FOR THE BREEZEWAY FOOTING AND PLUMBING WAS INSTALLED.
This was a tough pour
with not much room to maneuver the concrete tools.
It was great to get this
completed before the rains came!
Sylvan models the
flowered boots that are ever so popular...
WE NEXT
CONSTRUCTED PART OF THE BACK WALL FOR THE BREEZEWAY, WHICH ALSO SERVES
AS A RETAINING
WALL. THIS ONE WAS TOUGH AS WELL BECAUSE RAINS BROUGHT DOWN DIRT
AND ROCK, WHICH HAD TO BE
REMOVED BEFORE WE COULD POUR. (We used a power
washer to get the debris out on the day of the pour!) Woo Hoo IS ALL WE
COULD SAY WHEN WE PULLED THIS ONE OFF.
Lots of
bracing!
The walls are 12 inches thick plus some... The
pour was "just in time" because it rained the next day
This is the crew...we had a little
break between concrete trucks
WE DECIDED TO POUR THE FOOTING FOR THE
LARGE RETAINING WALL
NEXT TO THE WORKSHOP AT THE SAME TIME!
We ran some plumbing lines through the
footing.
Great teamwork!
We're getting
ready for our next concrete pour, which is the last stage before we
excavate for the upper level later this month. We will
pour a small retaining wall in the front of the house, a large
retaining wall behind Chip's workshop, and raise the
height of the breezeway walls so the excavation dirt and rock will go
where we need it.
Steel goes up in large
retaining
wall
Forms are installed for sidewalk retaining wall
Breezeway and retaining wall forms from a distance
Lots of bracing was used on the retaining wall.
The retaining walls and upper breezeway walls, as well as a sidewalk
retaining wall were poured.
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