Self build house ICF and Timber Frame construction |
Computer generated pictures of what the house will look like. |
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| This stage of the house is following the construction of the foundations and the swimming pool. |
Selfbuildinnovations are going to follow the build in a diary format from start to finish so keep coming back to see every stage of building. |
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Bare plot of land |
Marking out the land |
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Building a temporary road with dollermight |
JCB grading land and digging footings |
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Footings/foundations trench |
Foundation trench or other name footings,then add mesh to the trench |
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Foundation trench with mesh in bottom and bricks holding mesh down |
Pouring concrete in footings/foundations |
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A step in a foundation/footing means to make the building level because some parts of the land are not level,the ground worker will step the foundations meaning inserting a temporary wood shutter to stop the concrete flowing down so there are different levels in the foundations making the building all level. |
Poured footing with concrete |
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Building up the footings with trenchblocks |
Building up further with trench block using motor in yellow tubs supplied by jewson as there is no water on site. |
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Trench blocks built up to height living room side |
Foundations built up to height at swimming pool side and swimming pool hole dug out |
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Foul and drainage inserted into foundations which is placed into pipe bedding which is very fine stone similar to dollermight |
Pipe bedding close up picture with foul pipe placed into it |
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Trench blocks built up to height living room top side |
Started construction on the swimming pool,floor poured with water proof concrete then mesh inserted in water proof concrete when wet creating the rectangle shape of the pool .This picture shows building the swimming pool first skin up in blocks around the mesh creating a block swimming pool.The round plastic holes are drainage,skimmers of the swimming pool which are inserted into the cavity walls before the concrete is poured in the cavity |
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Foundation blocks built up all the way round the house |
Second skin of blocks being built for swimming pool,if you look close the mesh is between the two sknis of bricks |
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Drainage inserted into pool cavity |
Dollermight been whacked down and visqueen placed over the top ready for concrete to be poured for the slab on the living room side |
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Foundations dollermighted except swimming pool ready for concrete |
Dollermighted slab visqueened over ready for pouring concrete |
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Foundations slab poured with concrete |
Pool construction finished braced with wood ready to pour concrete into the cavity of the double blocked skin of the walls. |
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Finished construction of the pool the concrete has been poured into the cavity of the pool,wood is used to brace the walls. |
The steps of the pool have been constructed with blocks and concrete poured in the cavity |
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Foundations complete living room side |
Foundations complete pool side |
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Close up picture of the concrete slab |
Retaining wall built all around the building because the level of the land is to low.The retaining wall will lift the area around the house up to the level of the foundations,meaning accessing the house will be level instead of ramping up. |
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