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All columns for the house are now raised.Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Columns have been poured from the footer up to just below the first floor elevated beams. Rebar for beam to hold wall surrounding the crawl space is also being assembled.Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Blocks installed on top of ground level beam to enclose the crawl spaceRick BFeb 06, 2008
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Assembling the rebar cages for the columns. Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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This is a double pile footer arrangement. A single column will come out of this hole.Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Footer hole with single pile now ready for footer rebar cage. Pile was driven into ground about 1 meter below grade. Hole was prepared with compacted sand and cement, about 10cm thick each.Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Raising the ceremonial columns. Our ceremony involved two columns.Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Laying out the pile locationsRick BFeb 06, 2008
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Piles being deliveredRick BFeb 06, 2008
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Driving 7m long piles for the house footers. A total of 32 piles were driven for the house, which has a first floor foot print of 17.3m x 16.1m. Rick BFeb 06, 2008
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Laying out the footer locations and dimensionsRick BFeb 06, 2008
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CookieboyFeb 06, 2008
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