October 2004
 View
from the backyard.
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 Thursday
09/23/04 Home Depot Delivery.
Two pallets of concrete block and a bunch of rebar.
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 Saturday 10/02/04 Putting 5/8
rebar down in 90
degree weather is not that pleasant.
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 Saturday 10/02/04 Making sure the vertical rebar will fit inside the cores of the concrete block. |
 Saturday 10/09/04 Fifty percent
done.
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 Saturday 10/09/04 When all was
set and done, a
total of 41 bags of concrete went into the foundation. That
is
3,280lbs (1,488Kg) of concrete.
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 Saturday 10/09/04 Shiny is good |
 Saturday 10/09/04 Voila,
finished.
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 Sunday
10/10/04 Maybe it will grow...
Keeping the concrete from drying to fast. |
 Saturday 10/16/04 Laying out the
blocks at 11am.
Looks easy enough.
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 Saturday 10/16/04 I defenitely
underestimated
the amount of work required in erecting a block wall. By the time this
picture was taken my back was killing me.
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 Saturday 10/16/04 Putting the
lentils in place
demanded a combination of brute force and delicate manoeuvring. These
things are HEAVY!
Deviation from the Alan Scott plans: I went with pre-cast concrete lentils. |
 Sunday 10/17/04 Job well done.
Next week: more
concrete...
Deviation from the Alan Scott plans: I opted to have a division wall between the ash slot space and the wood storage space. The entry in the back will be used for the dry wood. |
 Saturday 10/23/04 Moving along
pretty quickly.
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 Saturday 10/23/04 More rebar.
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 Saturday 10/23/04 More concrete.
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 Saturday 10/23/04 All concrete
has been poured
and little verticle pieces of rebar were added to support a future wall
of 4 X 8 block.
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 Saturday 10/23/04 The concrete
blocks in the
middle and the wood on the sides will hold the backer board. The blocks
in the back will be removed later.
Deviation from the Alan Scott plans: For some reason I felt better having a backer board underneath he insulation slab which would rest on the concrete division wall and NOT be removed later. I guess I wanted some kind of support. Not sure yet if I regret doing this :) Update (11/23/2005): I don't regret it. |
 Saturday 10/23/04 Gene Paul is
making cutouts so
the form can be easily removed after the hearth slab is poured.
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 Saturday 10/23/04 The form fit
perfectly. Next
week: More concrete (insulation and hearth slab).
Deviation from the Alan Scott plans: As you can see I did not make indentations in the concrete for the rebar. Because I had plenty of extra rebar, I just ended up putting 2 rows of rebar underneath the ends that weren't resting on the concrete. |
 Sunday 10/31/04 Four cubic feet
in each hand and
still smiling.
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 Sunday 10/31/04 The vermiculite
is mixed with
cement 6:1. This will make up the insulation slab.
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 Sunday 10/31/04 Two inches of
insulation.
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 Sunday 10/31/04 Making sure the
rebar doesn't
stick out too much.
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 Sunday 10/31/04 And yes, more
concrete.
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 Sunday 10/31/04 Done for the
day. Next weekend:
FIREBRICKS!
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