The basis for our future home (foundation

If I knew how hard it passes the preparatory process prior to pouring the concrete slab, probably I would have made another draft floor. But at that time we had planned to do a two-story house, and we had just a monolithic concrete foundation to distribute the load on the foundation of the stove.

First, we put in two polyethylene layer over the entire surface of the concrete slab of the future. We did so with an overlap on the wall. The second layer of the husband spread a roll waterproofing. The joints between the strips of crepe special waterproofing I shut. My husband is always afraid that the house may appear damp due to groundwater. Therefore, special attention he paid to it waterproofing. Better, they say, to be safe than to see the fungus in the home.

After the waterproofing, we come to the most, perhaps, difficult - to the reinforcement of the concrete slab of the future. Plate thickness we got 18 cm. Calculations on the bearing capacity of the monolith showed that it will be enough of one ply. Reinforcement of the monolith we did reinforcement diameter of 10 mm in one row. Metal bars bought at (the price can not remember). We brought it to the long-length, as the size of the rods was 11.7 m. Had to manually unload. We called the neighbors - on the right.

Layout fitting my husband and I did together. The mesh, we get 20 * 20 cm. Where valves have to join, we did an overlap of 70 cm. We obtain a chess board with black squares. If you look closely, in its graphic quality is a certain beauty.

We laid her two days. We had to calculate so that the water inlet and drainage pipes from getting inside cells. All it turned out that way.

It is necessary to dwell separately on the front porch of our farmhouse. Foundation for future cold vestibule was filled with long ago. Now we have to decide - what will be our porch. I suggest not to suffer and make the usual square porch. But my husband, as always, wanted something unusual. And I was willing to work hard to make it happen porch not like at all.

At our cottage on the First, he made a semi-circular porch. Here this is not an option. The geometry of the house we had already made polygonal. Therefore porch husband decided to do, repeating the line vestibule. Long and carefully, as usual, he had hoped and vymeryat formwork size before starting to mount it. Here's what happened.

The outer walls of the foundation under the vestibule, we covered the surface waterproofing. This was done to ensure that during the spring snowmelt or heavy rains moisture from the porch has been received in the vestibule. Waterproofing, this time using cement. There is nothing bad I can say about it. For waterproofing qualities, this is no different from the bitumen. But work with it much easier. It is diluted with water, like any other dry mix is ​​usually applied with a brush. Now we constantly use this structure if you want to make waterproofing.

This waterproofing can be applied, if necessary, with a thick layer. For this purpose it is necessary to add the sifted sand. Then, the composition need not be applied with a brush and a spatula as plaster or putty. We are such a method has not yet practiced, so the protective qualities of "dilute" sand isolation, can not say anything.

At the bottom of the formwork under the steps of the porch husband, as usual, the bed polyethylene to concrete liquid does not soak into the ground. Decking contracted galvanized wire, which remains in the concrete.

Countersigned husband reinforcement wire, which is popularly referred to as "vyazalkoy". It is sold stranded in the bay. Into desired sizes husband cut off grinder. Fitting knitted his old friend - a hook. In order not to kneel, my grandmother used small a bench. A bench that do not fall between the mesh reinforcement - nailed to the legs dosochki.

We had to pick up a grid of rebar to the middle of the plate. For this purpose, the best time went paving slabs, whose husband Bulgarian sawed in half. These squares, he put it under the net, so it was down to us level.

Porch steps husband "tied" to the main foundation reinforcement. Proarmiroval own stage as well as in a monolithic slab. Only the cells did not so neat. On stage, as you know, a small load. The weight of the human or furniture can withstand the porch with any armouring.

All preparations have been made. Our formwork was fully prepared to ensure that start pouring monolithic ceiling under the house.

His story to share with us our reader Svetlana Putintseva.

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