Basement progress

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

Got block layers here fri and sat . Got lot done ,one corner of it anyway. 8x20 footing .Used Form A Drain , great stuff ! Get it inspected ,jacks out and back fill next week . Winter is soon upon us and after nothing but rain every weekend this summer it's time for a break .

mike delaney · Nov 28, 2010

You going to pour a floor too? How big a basement you going to have when done? Nice pictures Mike

danofarming · Nov 28, 2010

Be sure and seal your blocks with a waterproofing material!

John S-B · Nov 28, 2010

Looks like a lot of work. How high are you going? I made my walls 9' 4", so all my utilities are above the drop ceiling and easily accessible.

Charles E. McNelly · Nov 28, 2010

Hi Bryan, after seeing what you all go through, I'm glad I live in South Texas. Good luck
Charles

Mike (WA) · Nov 28, 2010

If you've got professional masons doing it, I assume they're doing it right- but there must be a lot more rules here. Vertical rebar every 3 feet, with the cavities filled with mortar where the iron is, a "bonding course" every so many feet, etc.

Bruce from Can. · Nov 28, 2010

Looks good ,did similar trick 20 some years back but I made one mistake that you should not do. I didn"t put in a sump hole. Thought because the house was on a hill top that water entering the basement wouldn"t be a issue. Boy was I wrong, ended up breaking a hole in the utility room floor and putting one in after I had already finished the basement. Drywall got ruined ect. and had to start over again. So be sure to allow for plenty of drainage now, it is a lot easier to avoid a error at this time then to correct it later. Best of luck.

MSD · Nov 28, 2010

Don't be in to big a rush to do the backfill. A lot of those block walls get cracked doing a backfill to soon or not being careful. Let the dirt roll into the trench, not pushed in will help. When we used to do block walls, we always braced the walls in the inside. Setting the house down on first it will help. Pouring the floor helps hold the lower courses in place also.

IOWA NORTHEAST · Nov 28, 2010

Something we always do, is to place 1" styrafoam around the inside of the walls. We first place a 4" preferated tile all the way around, then into a pit. Once the basment floor is poured, wait a couple days and remove the foam. You have a crack in your basment floor for the water to drip into, and never have a wet basment floor.

Just last week, I was asked to help dig a pit on the outside of the basment wall for a sub pump pit. I have never done it before, but I understand it is getting popular in our area. I guess everyone wants a finished basment without a pump, making noise.

I personaly think because this house is less than 100 ft from a steep hill, that it would make better sence to drain the tile away from the house, rather than build a 10 foot deep pit. I will bet the pit isn't going to be cheap to pour.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 28, 2010

I did a similar project 20 years ago. When I put the basement floor in I made a forming trowel to put a 1 1/2 wide by 3/4 inch deep groove all the way around the outside wall. Tha way any moisture that might come through the wall will not run across the floor. This drains into perferated plastic tube that runs both inside and outside fo the footing. Smartest thing I ever did!

Areo

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

Yep , troweled on fiberbond as we went up .

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

The footing forms stay in place . Molded rectangle tubing called " Form a Drain " pretty neat stuff . will tie into sump pit . 4 in slab floor poured on top of footing. All new stuff for me . Been great learning experience and thanks for all the great advice .

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

#4 bar every 4 ft , grouted cell . no bond beam required . From what inspector and mason told me .

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

yep,went high ! 13 courses .

Bryan inIowa · Nov 28, 2010

Oh yea,,4 inch floor . Doing whole house .Converted crawl space into full basement . 28x60? or so . Then attached garage 28x38 with full story above it . Figured I'd better start at the bottm first ,lol

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