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Location - Floor Plan - Excavation - Site Preparation - Rebar
Concrete Pour - Slab - Concrete Blocks - Underground Walls
Surface Bonding - Wood Framing - Waterproofing - Backfill
Subfloor - Upstairs Wall - Solarium - Downstairs Finishing
Upstairs Finishing - Tiling - CableRail Deck - Solar Array
Power Station - Wind Turbine - The Completed Home



The rear concrete block wall is 22-feet tall, continuing up from underground.
Rather than use potentially dangerous scaffolding, Cotterman rolling stairs
are rolled back and forth on plywood while building the wall. A Genie Lift
is used to install the very heavy lintel over the door opening. (August 25, 2005)




This concrete lintel is built from three bond-beam blocks joined
together with rebar and fast-setting concrete.




The completed wall. All blocks are filled with concrete, and every other cell
contains #5 rebar. Bond beam blocks and #4 horizontal rebar are used every
few rows, and above and below all openings. (September 6, 2005)




Another view of the completed wall.




The interior of the wall after surface bonding is applied. (September 13, 2005)


Location - Floor Plan - Excavation - Site Preparation - Rebar
Concrete Pour - Slab - Concrete Blocks - Underground Walls
Surface Bonding - Wood Framing - Waterproofing - Backfill
Subfloor - Upstairs Wall - Solarium - Downstairs Finishing
Upstairs Finishing - Tiling - CableRail Deck - Solar Array
Power Station - Wind Turbine - The Completed Home

Click here to return to the Clean Energy Exhibition home page.