Foundation Flooring

Now that we have the 12" blocks up and the plumbing laid, we can continue going up with the foundation.  Next comes preparing the basement for flooring.  First the insect man comes and treats the area under where your concrete floor will go.  Once inspected, the gravel arrives and gets spread around.

They dumped the gravel in front of the house and our contractor Harrty, moved it inside the house area with his little backhoe.  This is fun for Harry I am told.

Meet Cody.  He had to spread the gravel all around and make sure it is 4" deep.

Above is a view of the gravel all spread, except for the footing areas inside which will support walls.  Next comes foundation insulation under the slab.

 They take these 4 x 8 sheets of insulation and cut them in half and lay them all around the outside walls.  This is supposed to keep the concrete floors from being cold.

See the black line around the top of this block.  The insulation sits below this on top of the gravel but under some plastic.  The black line is a level line to where the top of the concrete is poured.









This pictures shows the blue insulation under the black lines on the blocks and plastic on top of it.

All inspected and ready for concrete.