Our Future Home - Steeldust Meadows

These are pictures from June 2010. Finally with the footings poured we can get to work on the foundation. We begin by stripping the forms and starting to work with ICF.

June 1st, 2010 - With the footings poured, we begin stripping the forms.
Stripping forms Stripping forms Stripping forms Stripping forms
June 2nd, 2010 - Continue stripping forms. The cats think the footings are cool.
Stripping forms Stripping forms Stripping forms Inside of the house is stripped Forms off the jackpost pads Stripping forms Tracy takes a well deserved break Forms are stripped Forms are stripped
June 4th, 2010 - We finally get a door on the bathroom - no walls, just a door.
Stripping forms
June 11th, 2010 - All the forms for the footings are stripped. We start laying out and installing kickerboards to hold the ICF in place and then the ICF itself.
Stripping forms Installing kickerboards Installing kickerboards Installing kickerboards First ICF is in place First ICF is in place Installing ICF Installing ICF Southwest wall is done Southwest wall is done Southwest wall is done Southwest wall is done Southwest wall is done
June 13th, 2010 - We continue to load ICF into the hole. A gopher thinks the ICF is cool and he can hide. He'd better leave before we pour concrete.
Loading ICF into the hole Gopher hiding in the ICF Gopher hiding in the ICF The back wall of the house is done The back wall of the house is done Tracy's strong Tracy cutting ICF Tracy cutting wood
June 14th, 2010 - We work around the windows and get the first course of ICF done. We install rebar and start the second.
Working around the front windows Working around the front windows The first course The first course Putting rebar in the first course Putting rebar in the first course First course is done! First course is done! First course is done! First course is done! Starting the second course of ICF
June 25th, 2010 - Continuing to work on the second course. We need to multistrap and glue the corners.
Working on the second course Multistraps at the corners Glue the corner blocks
June 26th, 2010 - Continuing to work on the second course. We put on wooden strapping when we need filler blocks.
Strapping for filler blocks Working on the second course
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