Saturday, August 9, 2008

How Firm a Foundation

Masons are shown in the photograph above wiring together the reinforcing rods that will be inside a poured concrete section of the building foundation. Poured concrete is used where concrete block would not be strong enough: there are no joints or seams in the poured section, even at the corners. The location of each rod, and the way it ties into the concrete block wall that had been erected earlier, is all shown in detail on the engineering drawings. At left in the picture is the lower portion of the east wall of the new addition.

Kit Cone