New Home Construction

[tow653]

Think he is asking what are they using to form floor,probably metal,like in high-rises.

 

[wmonroe]

The floor looks great. Can you post some pictures of the forms for the suspended garage floor? I've always wanted to do something like that.

 

[BuilderML]

Sorry i should of been a little more clear. Are they using corrugated steel decking for the garage floor?

 

[fordmantpw]

I see what you were asking now. I thought that may be the case, but wasn't sure.

Basically, to form the floor, they frame it up with 2x4's, and support it with Ellis jacks. When they are ready to pour, they will lay plywood down on top of that, and then cover that with plastic. After the pour, after it sets up for 7-10 days, the jacks come down, the supports come down, and the plywood gets taken down to be used on the roof later. In the garage, there are two steel beams that will remain to help hold the concrete up. There aren't any in the storage room (tornado shelter) due to the size and small span. I had never seen this done before, so was pretty interested in it myself.

Here are some pics that should make it clear. The first 3 are the garage, the other 2 are the storage room. Kinda hard to get good pics. Feel free to ask any questions. If I don't know from my discussion with the contractor, I can ask and find out.

 

[MotorSeven]

Interesting build/construction method.....this is going to be interesting:thumbsup: Consider embedding your pictures so us lazy guys don't have to click on them to open them. If you have them on Photobucket (or something similar) & already re-sized to medium, click on "URL" instead of "Computer" and paste 'em there...like this:

If sized to "Medium", this picture would be much larger....I can make it smaller but not bigger so you must have re-sized it pretty small.

 

[MotorSeven]

How thick is the first/second floor going to be poured and will there be wire mesh in it?

 

[fordmantpw]

How thick is the first/second floor going to be poured and will there be wire mesh in it?

The basement floor was around 5". The suspended floors will be a bit thicker just for more support since they are suspended. I don't think they use wire mesh, only re-rods. I know the basement floor did not have mesh, not sure on the upper floors.

 

[fordmantpw]

I will see what I can do on the pics if you guys would rather see them inline. The files are automatically uploaded from my phone to OneDrive, so I just post from there. It was resizing to 'medium', but I changed it to 'large'. I will see if I can post directly from there instead of attaching them to the post. If not, I will just set up a photobucket account.

 

[Citydude]

Having a suspended garage floor is something I've never seen. I'm anxious to see how it all turns out!

 

[TomSeller]

Any tubing in the slab to run heat through? Nothing like a warm floor on a cold day.

 

[fordmantpw]

Any tubing in the slab to run heat through? Nothing like a warm floor on a cold day.

No, we didn't. We were going to, but talking with our HVAC folks, they said that using a dual zone system with our geothermal system is actually more efficient. Plus, it cost about $5k less and let's us zone my home office in the basement (I work from home), our sun room, our basement, and our master bedroom all separate from the rest of the main level for less up-front cost and more efficiency in the long run.

 

[BuilderML]

Thats a heck of a lot of set-up for the slab. I take it they will be doing a 6"or 12" grid of rebar?

 

[fordmantpw]

Thats a heck of a lot of set-up for the slab. I take it they will be doing a 6"or 12" grid of rebar?

I'm not sure for the suspended floors. I believe it was 2' for the basement floor.

 

[fordmantpw]

Here are some pics of the suspended floor after the plywood is down. It's been raining pretty much all week, so progress is at a standstill for now.



PS, still just attaching images here for now until I get time to set up an account and just link them inside the message.

 

[fordmantpw]

Concrete is poured and the back wall is up in the basement. Floor trusses are supposed to be delivered today. We should REALLY start to see some progress now!





With the help of my neighbor and father, I spent the last 4 days digging and back filling a 1600' trench to bury the electric cable in. Needless to say, I was glad to get back to work today!

 

[wmonroe]

Looks great! Is it going to be a four car garage?

 

[fordmantpw]

Looks great! Is it going to be a four car garage?

2 car garage up and 2 down, with the area under the upstairs garage to be used as a future wood working shop.

 

[Scooter78]

Very nice! Will your wood working shop have a dust extraction system?

 

[fordmantpw]

It depends on how deep I get into it. I enjoy it as a hobby, but just don't have much time now with 3 little ones plus work plus everything else. As the kids get bigger and I get a bit more free time, I plan to get back into it. I did make sure we could squeeze a window in that section so that I could at least get some ventilation in there, and if I really get into it, adding a dust collection system should be fairly easy.

 

[wmonroe]

2 car garage up and 2 down, with the area under the upstairs garage to be used as a future wood working shop.

That's what it looked like, very nice layout.