Well there's heaps of stuffs going on the last few days..they're not very visible on the structure but each are of great importance to the functionality of the house. I'll try to summarise them below for easy reading:
- Water proofing the ground beam: I've talked about this at some length in the previous post
- Putting back the soil in between the ground beam. So, the floor is won't be concrete slab all the way through. Soil is put back filling the ground beam until about half and inch thick. Only the top half inch will be filled with concrete slab
- Treating the soil with anti-termite pesticide. I was away when they do this...very unfortunate as I have no picture of this...so, just have to trust the contractor then
- Putting a layer of water proofed plastic? so this is put on top of the soil in preparation for the concrete slab later on. This has an interesting function. The marble / tile / cement floor here tend to feel very cold at night. This is actually due to water from the ground seeps through to the floor therefore making the floor feel really cold on the feet. So, this is the reason for putting this plastic layer
- Finally, steel mesh is put on top of the water proofing plastic. The steel mesh will give added strength to the concrete that will be poured in next
By way of (this is starting to feel like a chore) AAMMJ
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