Day 5 - Strip 'Em and Paint 'Em

 


We're back, and what a day we've got. Try to convince me this ground isn't blessed. I dare you.


Our footings are looking NICE! We stripped the frame off. All you need to do is grab a hammer, a screw gun, and a pry bar, then go to town. These footings will be buried, so keeping the wood frame on is asking it to rot, and that is a no-no. We did our best to keep our boards intact since we will be able to use them at another point in the project.


Hi Joey! Joey is painting the tops of the footings with a moisture sealant. Concrete is tough, but it is porous, meaning that stuff, including water, can work its way through over time. Remember all that water that we had sitting in the trench last week? That's what we're working with. If you would take a peak into your crystal ball, you will see that we are to pour more concrete on top of these footings as we build the foundation. The moisture sealant keeps that water in the ground, out of the rest of that concrete, and, most importantly, out of our basement.


And that's all she wrote! Next week spells ICFs. Stay tuned.

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