a new foundation

So, we finally have time to start to work on this place again, after spending 7 weeks working on a remodel of a rented space where our son and daughter-in-law are going to move their tea business.

As you will see, we started with the pour of a (colored) slab floor with reinforced perimiter foundation.

Also, as you may notice, the floor is insulated from the ground, to enable it to store more of the heat that is in the room when heat (perhaps from a wood stove) is supplied to the living space.

We put in integral color (wild plum) and fiber, which has helped give us a crack free slab (the rebar and remesh also helped), but has also given us a few furry spots. We probably will just torch those off.

We chose the dark color so that the slab would retain more of the sun's heat - when there is sun in these coastal hills in the winter! You can see stcking up in the lower left corner of the slab one of the one quarter by 5 by 18 inch steel bolt plates that will hold another post in place. Keep watching for more changes soon.