They weren't kidding about a 14' basement!
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They weren't kidding about a 14' basement!
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14' basement. 2+ foot slab.
All is forgiven; provided
1] the 14' is headroom allowance for a 1.5 ton overhung bridge crane.
2] it's travel connects three major machine tools also located in basement 24" x 80 engine lathe, 4'' horizontal boring mill and a 5' x 11'' radial drill.
3] remedy access issue, no forklift ramp!
when jdurand sends pics of floor joists going in without iron in the basement, we'll know a owner off his rocker.
I am thinking the wall may be 14 feet but the actual ceiling height will be much less due in part to the ground floor mechanicals and utilities
Today's picture, MORE rebar.
Also I see they'r fitting the forms to their precisely cast columns/wall
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Today's update
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O hope once they get around to setting the inside forms they support them better than the ones on the outside.
Second layer of wall rebar going in. MORE STEEL!
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My uncle put in 10 or 12 foot basement
The problem with that is it’s a death trap
During a fire I could not reach a window to get out
Here our building code says you have to be able to escape a basement in "one step" to daylight. I see they've got space for a window well on all 4 sides of the basement so those will probably have glass doors and ladders.