The Slab

In preparing for the slab for the basement, the footer had to be filled with rocks first. Here is what went wrong: communication. The excavator left the site for a different job not realizing that we would be in need. And since the excavator is expensive to move, Jerry (our grader) could not bring it back in a timely manner. Not wanting to waste weeks of time, Andrew came up with a solution: a ramp. They built a wooden ramp for the rocks to be poured onto to get down inside the footers. Unfortunately the rocks did not slide as they had hoped, so Noah sat on the rocks and pushed them downward with his feet and legs. So much for that pair of pants!


NOAH SLIDING ROCKS


SPREADING THE ROCKS

Here is the insulation that went under the slab. Noah actually decided to put two layers of foam board down to help super-insulate our house. This is the one place that would be impossible to retro-insulate if we decided that we needed more. With R-40 walls, we want everything else to be as good as possible also.


LAYING THE FOAM INSULATION


POURING THE CONCRETE


SMOOTHING THE CONCRETE


FINISHED & CURING