Month: October 2016

 We completed the Assembly of the cellular framework in the rest of the Floor Slab, namely the Entertainment Room, Bedroom 2 and then Bedroom 3 and Utility Room.

Floor-slab-Cells-Day-2

We then went around pinning into place all the fluffy expansion strips onto the framework where the 5 Energy Modules are, plus some extra pieces to aid possible concrete expansion when the whole Floor Slab warms up. That didn’t take so long and we finished up by putting concrete blocks on every “T” junction of the framework to weigh it down against the buoyancy when the heavy liquid concrete gets poured in. We calculated that the weight displaced by the OSB 100mm high strips will be approximately 3kg per every metre plus another 2kg displaced for the fluffy strips so in some lengths of the framework, it could add up to 15kg from junction to junction. We put plenty of concrete blocks weighing 20kg each on every junction so the total weight from all these blocks should counteract the uplift from the liquid concrete.

 Today, we started assembling the wooden dividers which go across the whole Floor Slab from the sections we made last week. We have done the Great Room and the section that includes the Kitchen and Bedroom 1.

Floor-slab-Cells-Day-1

It is working out reasonably OK, without too many difficulties, apart from sometimes the concrete foundation strip having a lumpy edge so we have to cut into the OSB strip a little bit to make it fit like a jigsaw. The fluffy expansion strips will be done later when we have completed all the wooden cells.

Floor-slab-Cells-Joints

We carried on with the front extension section and tomorrow, will continue across from the Hall and Entertainment Room, towards the back and Bedroom 2 and then over to Bedroom 3 and finally the Utility Room.

While it was wet outside, we continued with making pieces of the cellular framework matrix that will divide up the Floor Slab into lots of rectangular regions so that no cracks (hopefully) will form when it cures and then gets heated up and cools down again and again and again!

We put together a heap of readymade strips of various lengths (using the OSB 100mm wide pieces we produced the other day), plus another heap of strips ready to trimmed and fitted in place during the installation process.

Slab-Matrix-parts

Monday, we will have to sweep the water off the plastic if it is still there, and then start assembling the dividing framework right across the slab, and then insert the fluffy expansion boards in and around the appropriate areas.