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Teaching Center Foundation and Plumbing #1

PLUMBING PIPES
Copper pipe fittings via crimping tool, without torch

Dumping dirt onto slab
Layer of coarse gravel provides capillary break between ground and slab

post tension slab
Post tension cable system for expansive soil conditions – to limit width of any slab cracks (Post Tension Slabs)


spraying termite treatment
Termite soil treatment (Termidor) – first line of termite protection

vapor block
Durable moisture barrier (Vapor Block 6 by Raven) under slab and grade beams to prevent wicking ground moisture

termite soil treatment
Spraying second termite treatment on teaching center


Last Updated: 12/19/2011 10:20:40 AM
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