Room addition foundation in Oakbrook Terrace
One of the biggest room additions Abel has done. About 2,000 square feet of addition and attached garage, which doubled the size of the house. The homeowner is a mason, and his own concrete guy was booked.
The job
A full foundation for an addition and a big attached garage on the back of a ranch house. Together they added about 2,000 square feet. The homeowner works in the trades himself. He is a mason, and he normally hires his own concrete contractor. That contractor was not available for a job this size, so he called Abel.
Before · Oct 23What made it hard
The size, and how tall the foundation walls were. These are full height walls with window openings, dug deep right alongside the existing house. Tall walls mean more steel, bigger forms and a lot more concrete in each pour.
How we did it
The dig went in right alongside the existing foundation. The next day the footings and pads were poured straight off the truck.
Then the steel. Horizontal and vertical bars were tied in the walls before the forms closed. The full height walls were formed and poured with the window openings set. Last came damp proofing on the outside of the walls, before the backfill.
What the homeowner got
After · Nov 8About 20 days on site, from the dig to walls up and the floor base in. Nothing came back. The homeowner, a man who has seen a lot of concrete work, told John it was the best he had ever seen. Then he hired Abel again for more work out back once the addition was done.
At the end of the day we could not be happier With his excavating and concrete work. He made everything smooth as can be and John and his crew was extremely professional. He was there when he promised, and he got the work done as agreed and stuck with his schedule. His concrete finish work was also top notch.
