Our foundation was completed this last Friday; exactly 6 months after the work began in January. That's what happens when you schedule foundation work just as a record-setting rain season gets under way. Once the dry weather returned and the water table lowered, the work was completed within a few weeks.
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| Hardy Frames on either side of what will be our 8' x 8' La Cantina folding door. |
Once the piers and rebar were in place underground, they jackhammered the foundation on the corner of the house. Because were are changing the door placement, they needed to build new forms for the concrete for the new foundation. The rebar from the underground piers also are inside the foundation and then attached to the
Hardy Frame shear walls which can be seen on the right and left side of the photo. Hardy Frames are pre-fabricated shear wall structures that provide architectural strength and stability.
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| HFX Hardy Frame attached to foundation |
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| Hardy Frame bolts |
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| New foundation stem wall cuts through old door frame |
Over to the left, where the old door was, the foundation now cuts across it. The old door opening will be transformed into a wall with a window in it.
Outside, the new foundation is also visible. The concrete sidewalk has been re-poured. I fully expected that the concrete replacement would not be a very high quality job and that in the future, we would have to just have the whole thing redone. But, happily, it is looking like they did a great job matching the existing sidewalk.
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| Outside corner of the house |
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