Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wall bracing and forms
Here's a detail picture of how the window forms work. The middle section is removed, filled with concrete, replaced, and held in place with plastic window shims. The plastic shims can be pulled right out of concrete if not in too deep. Also, the foam glue doesn't stick to them.
Although the blocks are glued together, I still put up several types of bracing. Here, a rafter tie-down that will be used on the roof serves as a bracing attachment for the kick-out. The lateral 2x4s are attached to the window form boards. 
These are my Fast Footer boards again.
This bracing is held in place with plastic strapping that if often used for bundling materials or on boxes prepared for shipping. The plastic band probably has a test strength of several hundred pounds. There are metal clasps that the strapping passes through that allows you to cinch the strapping tight. When you are done with it, you simply cut it loose and throw away the 25 cents worth of strapping. I really got my money's worth of my $30 strapping package and still have hundreds of feet left over for future uses.
These are my Fast Footer boards again.This bracing is held in place with plastic strapping that if often used for bundling materials or on boxes prepared for shipping. The plastic band probably has a test strength of several hundred pounds. There are metal clasps that the strapping passes through that allows you to cinch the strapping tight. When you are done with it, you simply cut it loose and throw away the 25 cents worth of strapping. I really got my money's worth of my $30 strapping package and still have hundreds of feet left over for future uses.
# posted by gnome-honey @ 3:35 PM 
