Building ourselves: foundation pouring yourself

In order to build a house with your own hands, it's not enough just hands and high diligence, you need to be disciplined and have golden hands, because everything, from digging trenches, requires the strength, experience and knowledge of the process, and it's worth a lot! Is justified by the fact that all of its technology will have to be supervised by itself, be sure that the waterproofing of the base of the house is ensured, and hence its durability.

An indispensable condition that must be observed when the foundation is poured is the deadlines, by the way, very tight. The first, even minor precipitation, will make the soil soft, loose and, it is necessary to compact it, to remove water. After trenches are dug to the depth of freezing, the sinuses of the foundations are filled with soil, and the bottom of the trench is laid out and then compacted, a 20-30 centimeter cushion of rubble or sand. In private housing construction, this type of foundation, as a band, is usually applied. This is one of the most time-consuming and expensive ways, but it is possible, firstly, to save a lot of money, and secondly - to erect a building of any weight on any ground, though with columns, ground floors, underground garages and cellars.

Before the time comes for the final chord - the pouring of the foundation with your own hands, you need to solve the following tasks: - to ask how much concrete will be needed, and what - preferably, it should be factory, balanced and uniform, fairly liquid, like sour cream; - buy a deep vibrator, which is required for ramming the solution, you can, of course, perform this work with the help of a shovel, chopper or armature. After that, the shuttering is done through the entire contour. This stage of the work requires great care, otherwise after the first wintering the foundation will begin to deteriorate. If the upper ribs do not have additional upper stiffeners, then firstly they are not completely produced - leave a couple, a little more, centimeters to the formwork, and if there is, then leave it on Day cool down, remove the ribs, top up the solution and level with the trowel surface. After pouring the foundation is almost completely ready, make iron. This procedure is as follows: another raw concrete is evenly sprinkled with dry, sifted, cement powder. As a result of the ironing, the foundation is stronger, faster grasps.

Then watch how the concrete dries: in hot weather, so that it does not crack, the foundation is periodically moistened, and in the rainy - sheltered to provide within one week normal conditions for grasping the foundation. When the foundation is fully ready, it remains only to process it, and then, after all these rules have been fulfilled, you can safely proceed to erect the walls. Pouring the foundation with your own hands does not end there. Recent work is related to the removal of the formwork. Determine when it was time for it, simply - between the foundation and the formwork, cracks are found, and the boards with which the foundation was hiding have moved away from the surface. All the fasteners, spacers, supports that were used to fix the form of the basement foundation, and a hammer rattling the formwork are heard from the foundation guard. Then it is removed, if somewhere the boards give in with difficulty, gently help themselves with a shovel or other tool, since the foundation is still moist. The foundationment with its own hands is considered to be performed completely and completely when the foundation is freed from the timber boards and defects.

Subsequently, during a week, the foundation is moistened daily with cold water to help it gain strength and eliminate moisture yield. It is worth noting that such a process as pouring the foundation with your own hands with a certain skill, the task is not so complicated, but in the end it gives a significant economic effect.