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Mary and Jerry Nasello's Gulf Coast DAC-ART waterfront house construction 2006-2009
Nasello Home Site Prep	Pilings	Foundation	1st Course	Slab Prep	Slab	2nd Course	3rd Course	4th Course	5th Course	Page 11
First Floor	7th Course	Porch#1	8th-9th row blocks	Weathershield	10,11,12th	Second Floor	16th Row blocks	17,18,19th row	19,20th row	Page 22
Cornice	Fireplace	Roof-1	Roof-2	Roof-3	Cornice-2	Arches	Garage Doors	Porch Arches	Roof Decking	Page 33
Tile Roof								Newspaper Castle Article	Magazine Coverage  DacArt in the News	FloorTile

The form is built up to be 2 ft deep all around the pilings. The pour will be 2 ft deep and 5 ft wide. These first photos show the exterior forming, and the interior will get a form also. The entire parameter of the house will be supported by a foundation that measures two ft deep and 5 ft wide. 

Each piling will get drilled for 4 steel rebar rods, 2 in each direction. Rebar gets placed on top of this and is tied to the rods. All this will be encased in concrete. 

In these photos you can see that the larger than usual footings are poured. The rebar inserted in the footing is to run up and through the hollow cavity of the DAC-ART wall blocks which will be lowered over the rebar. The DAC-ART walls for this hurricane resistant home will be quite heavy and require an oversized footing.

Pouring the foundation

Foundation Set

Foundation Forms Removed

Photos by Jerry Nasello

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