Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Foam, Rebar, and PEX

After the gravel, the next step was to lay down a vapor barrier and cover the entire footprint of the foundation in a 2" thick layer of foam panels. 



Next step - take rebar...


...and tie it up in a grid.


Those red tubes you see there is PEX for the hydronic heating system. It's tied to the rebar.


All the pipes feed into the mechanical room of the house:


After this work gets approved by the city, it can be buried in 8" of concrete. This will hopefully happen later in the week!

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