I have been busy on Buckingham, helped out by a long period of great warm weather!
This view is from inside the foyer looking through the forest of shoring to the main entry door on the right, with the coat closet to the left.
One portion of the cellar ceiling supports a structural post that carries a load all the way to the roof. Since the post does not line up with a wall (my crazy design!), a triangular section of the ceiling is a solid beam to support the post.
After finishing the Livingroom and Cellar walls and the Master Bedroom floor, I decided it would be best to do the Master Bedroom Tower floor at the same time as the rest of the suite.
This involved building a complex form, supported on 12' tall posts. This form also included my first curved ICF wall section. I learned a few tricks, and will be able to build the rest of my curved walls much more efficiently! The door shown in the picture below is actually the coat closet that will be in the 3' thick wall of the tower.
This view is from inside the foyer looking through the forest of shoring to the main entry door on the right, with the coat closet to the left.
The forming of the beams surrounding the tower floor was difficult. Even though they were less than 7 feet long, the fact that they were 13 feet in the air made them pretty hard to construct. I frequently found myself at the top of a ladder leaning on a post and raising sections of the form by myself!
This view of the Master Bedroom level is taken from the round tower looking down to the Master Sittingroom and bathroom area.
The floor above the cellar is the front portion of the Kitchen/Greatroom. The rest of the Kitchen floor will be poured when I have moved the ICFs being stored on the hill!
One portion of the cellar ceiling supports a structural post that carries a load all the way to the roof. Since the post does not line up with a wall (my crazy design!), a triangular section of the ceiling is a solid beam to support the post.
Since the slab will be poured in 2 phases, I have set rebar into the top of each joist that will tie the 2 slabs together.
This panoramic view from the master bedroom level shows how close we are getting to the level of the back yard! Just a few steps up from this level will be the kids bedroom level, then a few more steps up to the back door that leads to the yard and roof deck.
Just a few more days of forming and prepping, and there will be another big pour day!
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