Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Ground Floor

After a bit of re-jigging we're nearly ready to pour the ground floor.  The changes we made went in after the foundations were poured, so thankfully these limited the extent of what could change.  Now the next Radon barrier and floor are ready to go in on the areas not over the basement section.

We need to get the plumber back on site to install the pipes for the kitchen, bathrooms and utility areas, of course I should have really known this and arranged it earlier, but my inexperience shows through.  Luckily he's able to have a look today, and hopefully able to install soon after that, but the builder is a little unhappy at losing days.  In fairness though, I'm not hassling him on the days here and there he isn't on site (he's very reliable though) so a little leeway here from him should be expected, although I can understand he may be a bit frustrated after the delay with plan changes.  After this though, it should all be in his control and no more delays - the only other thing will b the 1st floor plumbing.

I also have to get a the HRV and central vacuum points arranged for this floor before the ICF is poured.  I have a fair idea where these will go, but the HRV in particular is a little more fuzzy as the designer refused to believe that the vertical service shaft would line up.  Of course he also refused to look at the updated set of plans I sent. Net result is that for the basement it wasn't a complicated run and we could extrapolate the duct run to the shaft, but the ground floor is more complex and I'll have to chase him for this.

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