This is most recent outside photo showing stucco on, closed in, moved in but still working on doors and trim. Taken in February after the only snow we got all winter...It was gone by that evening. Got the 2m antenna up...I put 1 1/2" pipes up through the roof into a couple interior stud walls so...
Not sure what's going on with this post but photos show trusses we built and put up with easy lift we rented...great tool! Then roof on, ready for stucco.
First photo shows walls stacked and braced with bucks in all the window and door openings. We stacked all this ourselves without much experience in block work. Also since these blocks are set up for square installations, we had to do a lot of custom cutting to get the 120deg angle cuts. We...
First photo shows what Faswall blocks actually look like. They have a notch on one side and they're stacked notch to notch and flat to flat, making a horizontal rebar every 16" and a vertical bar every 8". We used regular CMUs for the footer on the main part of the house and then Faswall. Third...
First photo is basement block stacked, braced, and ready for concrete. Then going around and around filling walls. Having scaffolding inside for stacking higher courses of block and then pouring concrete is crucial. These walls took 11yds.
This shows the first course of the basement walls sitting on the footer, then ready to pour the slab with the blocks as forms, and then the slab with two courses up. We're in N. Calif. and the climate is pretty mild so we didn't do any radiant heating in the floors.