Domus Rex: Under a great home must be a strong foundation...

Last week, our foundation was poured. The process to dig the trenches, lay the post-tension cabling, plumb for water for bathrooms, kitchen, utility room and also install in foundation electric for floor power was quite a process. The digging along was impressive.

According to FraserCon, our concrete company, we "have one of the most over engineered foundations they have ever seen." That basically means it cost too much. Seriously, there is a beam of concrete around the entire house that goes 5' deep and 12" wide along with a retaining wall that gradually increases to 4' high as you go front to back on the property. There is a lot of concrete in this foundation. Can you guess how many truck loads worth? Each truck holds 10 cubic yards of concrete. Answer to be posted in the next post. Our engineering firm also took samples to test for strength-- pictured below. They will crack the concrete at seven days and 28 days to make sure it is rated for a minimum of 3,000 psi.

Below are photos and two videos of the trenching system and digging as well as video of the foundation being poured and complete. Enjoy... framing to done towards the end of the month.