Finally! I started building my own house. Pt1- foundations and concrete slab

Finally the project I’ve been waiting for years, my house. I’l be filming the whole process from the start to finish and in this first episode of the series you can see the steps from marking the ground to concrete slab pour. I thought about revealing the 3d renders of it but I think I’ts better to see it going up bit by bit:)
The house itself will be constructed in combination of 3 main materials, concrete, thermo block bricks and glulam wood. hopefully it will be very energy efficient and also look nice:) I don’t know how many episodes there will be but I’l try to post as often as possible.
I started by marking a contour where the top layer of 20-30 cm of surface soil should be removed. After that, my fiancee and I again marked the guide lines where foundations should be dug. Foundation trenches were then filled with 30 cm of ground up gravel and compacted. Compaction test is done afterwards to make sure the base is compacted enough. We then made rebar baskets and lowered them into trenches. We also positioned anchors for concrete posts and walls. Sides of footings were lined with hard extruded polystyrene. After the first pour, we trimmed the top 3-4 cm of polystirene into level plane and we made the formwork on top of it for the slab. Space between the footings was also filled with gravel and compacted. On top of it we placed 8cm of xps and polyurethane foam which we covered with plastic membrane. We placed the rebar mesh on top of it and poured the slab..

I hope you like this first part of this project, many more will follow! Please ask any question in the comments and as always, subscribe for more!:D

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