Após as generosas chuvadas que cairam por estas terras , o trabalho de escavação da cave prossegue acompanhado pelas betonagens em tramos, conforme previsto, ainda que cronologicamente "way behind schedule"...
O solo, esse pelo menos, revelou-se muito bom quer para a escavação quer pela sua óptima drenagem natural, o que evitou que agora tivéssemos uma piscina não prevista.
Deste modo, após a betonagem das sapatas sobre mantas geotexteis, procedeu-se à sua impermeabilização com Imperkote, para evitar a humidade ascencional por capilaridade, e seguidamente se erguerem os muros de suporte, devidamente protegidos com telas pitonadas drenantes tipo Dorken, por sua vez isoladas termicamente em relação ao terreno com placas de poliestireno extrudido tipo FibranECO, de fabrico nacional.
Nesta fase o espaço de estaleiro revela-se apertado para a magnitude dos trabalhos, agravado pelo facto do vizinho também estar a construir, mas tudo segue sem percalços e em boas condições de segurança.
As fotos 2 e 3 mostram as armaduras de encabeçamento dos pilares nos muros de suporte da cave, os quais se elevarão do R/chão para o piso superior.
Os muros do final do lote foram descofrados e até ao final da próxima semana deverá terminar-se a betonagem dos restantes muros da cave e da cobertura do volume de arrumos.
Parece que a meteorologia estará do nosso lado.
10 - CONCRETING + BASEMENT EXCAVATIONS (cont.)
After the generous rains that fell around here, the work of excavation of the basement continues accompanied by concreting by batches, as expected, although chronologically way behind schedule...The soil at least has been very good both for the excavation or by its great natural drainage, which prevented that we now had an unplanned swimming pool.
10 - CONCRETING + BASEMENT EXCAVATIONS (cont.)
After the generous rains that fell around here, the work of excavation of the basement continues accompanied by concreting by batches, as expected, although chronologically way behind schedule...The soil at least has been very good both for the excavation or by its great natural drainage, which prevented that we now had an unplanned swimming pool.
So after the concreting of the wall shoes over geotextile blankets, we proceeded to sealing under Imperkote to avoid ascencional moisture by capillary action, and then rise up the retaining walls, protected with Dorken like draining screens, in turn isolated of the ground with FibranECO extruded polystyrene boards, of national manufacture.
At this stage the yard appears to be tight for the magnitude of the works, compounded by the fact that the neighbor is also building, but everything goes smooth and safely.
Photos 2 and 3 show the armor head of the pillars into the supporting walls of the basement, which will rise from the ground to the top floor.
The final batch of the bottom walls were uncasted and until the end of next week one should end the concreting of the remaining walls of the basement and the storage roof .
Apparently the weather will be on our side.
