Started Building Today

[nanasohana]

Compacted areas for shearwall foundations, pier spots. Started putting up forms for the foundations and hope to call for inspection tommorrow and order concrete for next week. It felt so good to finally start building. And the weather is just beautiful...hope it holds for a few days!

[David M]

Congrats Nancy, I sure can relate. and a few more good (rainless) days would be very nice, especially those of us with concrete on the brain.

David

Ninole Resident

[mella l]

Whoo whooo for Nancy and company, they are digging in and getting their hands busy!!!

Just what machine did you use, where did you get it and how did you use it for the compacting part for the shear walls! Curious minds want to know!! Aloha Mella L

mella l

[konadave]

OMG! I am having flashbacks from 10 years ago.......

Congrats Nancy! I hope the Building Inspector buys off on your foundations without any problems!

Kona Dave (Ex Building Inspector)
http://www.konaforum.com


"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former". --Albert Einstein

[HADave]

X-inspector, Buddy, Ole Chum, Moncheri suppose you enlighten us on the kinds of things that inspectors like to see when they come. feel free to get technical.

A question I've asked before, are there lists of county codes/protocol that apply and can be found and had before the permit is issued, things like the termite shields over the piers and ground termite treatment prior to construction. I'm talking county specific and unrelated to the UBC.

Aloha! HADave

.......You Don't Have To Be A Farmer To Be OutStanding In Your Field.......


OOPS! Nancy I hope we are not littering your thread if so I would surely delete my post....))

Edited by - HADave on 02/02/2006 21:53:08

[nanasohana]

I have to say "god bless our neighbor". It seems everytime we need this tool or that, he has it...might be an older model of what ever, but it works! My son used his gas compressor and a jackhammer....boy did that compact! I realize now that we really needed our son here to help. He is having a great time, such a help to us and we get to spend time with our 25 year-old son while we build. Our neighbor told us to put more support rods at an angle to the forms. We bought the forms from a guy in Ainaloa who just finished his concrete work. We will get our concrete next thursday and call for inspection in the morning.

[nanasohana]

It seems you don't have to have the piers in place for the inspection.

[pslamont]

Nancy, I am SOOOOOO excited for you. Finally it begins. Your so is an absolute delight; I am sure he will make all the difference in the world working on your home.

We are tied uo solidly until the 11th but hope to get by after that for a good look see.

Hugs and Congratulations,
Pam Lamont

Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!

[konadave]

Aloha Dave!

Let me know if this is the wrong thread for this and I'll post it somewhere else. Unfortunately I was not a county, state or city inspector. I was what is defined in the UBC as a "Special Inspector". Here in SoCal we were called "Deputy Inspectors". So as defined by the UBC I was hired by the owner or a lab and my services were needed when the stresses required high strength materials. For example, home footings usually only require 2,000psi concrete. A special inspector is not required until the strength of the concrete is 2,500psi for grade beams and 3,000psi (and higher) for all other high stress applications. I specialized and was licensed in concrete, post tensioned/prestressed concrete and masonry. So in a nutshell I worked full time on large projects such as high rise buildings and freeways. So when Nancy mentioned concrete foundations it just sort of made me think back.

I am sorry I really know nothing about "termite shields over the piers and ground termite treatment". This sounds like it may be more of a county requirement or maybe even a soils engineer recommendation. I worked as a soils and materials testing technician for many years before becoming an inspector.

Kona Dave

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former". --Albert Einstein

[emily]

Ok, you wanted technical, so here it is. This is the whole county code - might take a long time to come up. It's 1,265 pages. Check out chapter 5 for building code - there are also plumbing and electrical chapters, as well as everything else you ever wanted to know about the county.....
http://co.hawaii.hi.us/countycode/County...apters.pdf