The house next door...or how to NOT build a house

[jdurand]

Here's today's Pit photos. They're adding another layer of rebar over the first so it's going to be a VERY thick floor!

Also cutting rebar out from over those side pits, so I guess they will be sumps for the rain/seepage pumps. There's also a pit in the front for the sewage pump.

[jdurand]

Today they draped the wall and are advancing the rear in that dierction

[Frank S]

If the pour to the floor is going to be as thick as it looks in the pictures then they shouldn't have to worry about being attacked from below.
Given the amount of steel and guessed thickness I'd say what they are doing is attempting to construct an earthquake floater the ground would be able to heave and roll under the house and about all would happen would be some pictures get knocked off the walls and dishes broken plus probably the underground plumbing would need repairing Black sch 80 PVC drain & waste and polyurethane water might even survive some of that.

[jdurand]

Today they left the gate standing open when they all went home, so a few different views.

[Toolmaker51]

Today they left the gate standing open when they all went home, so a few different views.

I understand now what is going on. Homeowners feel re-bar is cheaper than concrete, structural engineers and good sense.
or
They own a re-bar, dobie and tie-wire sales office. This project demonstrates volume, convincing the supplier to raise their distributorship.

[jdurand]

If the pour to the floor is going to be as thick as it looks in the pictures then they shouldn't have to worry about being attacked from below.
Given the amount of steel and guessed thickness I'd say what they are doing is attempting to construct an earthquake floater the ground would be able to heave and roll under the house and about all would happen would be some pictures get knocked off the walls and dishes broken plus probably the underground plumbing would need repairing Black sch 80 PVC drain & waste and polyurethane water might even survive some of that.

In 1989 we had our little 7.1 shaker here, a crack formed across streets, curbs and sidewalks that made it easy to follow. The path would have taken that crack through what is now the front part of their basement, then across our yard and into the street, breaking the sewer line, then on out of our area to continue across our main street two blocks away. I didn't follow it further since at the time we were busy comforting neighbors and keeping the business running.

Only evidence now is the newer sections of curb and sidewalk where they recast it.

[shopandmath]

I need more up dates
you got me interested cant leave me hanging :-(

[jdurand]

Rebar is a slow process, especially since they're putting in a double layer of it for the REALLY deep floor.

So, now the rebar is running up the wall, so it looks like they're going to cast a wall against the wall...which I'm sure makes sense to somebody.

There's more rebar in that floor than when they built a medical building nearby!

Without further ado...

[jdurand]

Not too much change today, they're just finishing up the second layer of rebar. I see they left a big sump at the front of the house, no way I can see into it but that is where the sewer pipes go so it looks like they're allowing for a power/pump failure without flooding the basement with sewage.

[DIYSwede]

Uh-oh! THAT ain't gonna be no McMansion -
it's only one of those secret subterranean NWO interrogation/ surveillance bunkers you don't really hear about, sprawling over the US.
Just check this pic of what's REALLY going on:



That sump ain't for no sewage either, it is for all the telecom fibers, many of them really coarse ones, y'a know!
Guess the name on the letterbox is "Bilderberg" also?
You've seen any Freemasons around yet? They're really needed for straightening out THIS building site...

Seriously: -Thanks for posting this unintended tragicomical chain of events! Good luck, jdurand!