Foundation Walls Complete!

The crew at CMP Foundations are finished with the walls - and this is some really quality work. Chris Parish decided to go with a real smooth concrete (6 sack mix w/pea gravel instead of screened aggregate) - there is so much steel inside the walls that Chris wanted to make sure the concrete flowed readily. This produced a very smooth finish to the walls, with minimal rock pockets. For any of the concrete that remains exposed after completion, the finished surface will look great.

This is the "big wall" - 13 feet tall. This whole vault will be backfilled tomorrow, creating a compact surface for the upper garage slab.

This vault will be filled in to form the front yard and entry area. That black stuff is the sealer that is applied to the dirt-facing side of the foundation walls. Spray foam will be applied to the inside to form a moisture proof barrier.

Here's the other side of the big wall - note the bottom section is 1 foot thick!

In this pic you can see where the middle floor will be. They will backfill it for lower garage slab also. To the right, you can see the lowest level office space forming.



Here's a wide shot of the whole thing as it climbs up the hillside.