We passed the inspection today.

Final Preparations

Shane Lothrop from Innovative Structural Engineering provided us with the definitive locations for the SSTB24 anchors, which will anchor the HTT22s that attach to the posts on each side of our four shear walls that are over the retaining walls.

These hold downs and anchor bolts are set out in Detail 2 on SIP4.

Jorge had these anchors in place quickly so we could be ready for the inspection in the afternoon.  Also, we needed to get the embedded anchors in place for the two Hardy panels in Kate’s Bedroom.  The 1 1/8 inch bolts must be embedded at least 25 inches into the concrete, beyond a cold joint. 

STAB24 in position to anchor an HTT22, which is attached to a post on a shear wall.

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It was a beautiful blue-sky, California day today.  A dirigible appeared in the sunshine, circling over Los Gatos and the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Dirigible flying over Los Gatos.

Discussion with Matt Jung

Matt Jung from 88HVAC met Bryan at the job site to discuss the geothermal and radiant heating requirements and timing.  The last time Matt was at the site was in November 2008 so a lot had changed since them.

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