Lintels and Straight Walls

That was the agenda for today; lintels and straight walls. I was afraid the day would be shortened by the rain but it didn't come and the guys were able to start the lintels. A lintel is the space in a wall above any opening such as a door or window. Because our house is built from concrete, the lintels have to be very, very strong.

Construction site, early morning shot.

Can you guess why the wood chips are stuck in the wall? Go ahead, there must be a reason.....................
This was their method of straightening the wall. If it leaned then our crew used wedges to straighten it out. Now the wall will be braced and once the concrete is poured it will be straight and solid.

Here Jeff and Kent are working on the lintel. All the re-bar was bent first and now the bent pieces are placed together to give added strength to the concrete lintel over the window.

Looking across our floor to the south wall, a wall of glass when done.

Look carefully at the picture below. What do you see? Yes lots of re-bar, but did you notice the nail, a nail into mid-air? Seems strange at first but then you realize there is a reason, that nail will be surrounded by concrete, which will grip the nail and keep it tightly in place, thus holding the window-buck tight to the wall.

Pat's crew working together to get the walls up and lintels built. How's the holiday Pat?

Every job needs a superintendent. Here Mary wears the superintendent's white hat, to check on progress. She looks very pleased with all she sees.

Thanks for stopping by. Any questions?