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Was wondering the same thingAnything new?
wow....do you have any current photos? as a structural engineer, I am amazed at this undertaking in concrete. Nice job!
Do you have a sketch of the floor plan?
I was intrigued by one of the last photos from the garage all the way thru the bedroom.
Did you have a radon system Installed beneath the slab?
are the concrete walls going to be skim coated for the finish?
Any insulation in the ceiling other than the dirt above?
With our house purchase in Montana I found out about radon gas. I bought a reader and tested the house in North Dallas and found the numbers are higher there than our place in Montana. Was a bit of a surprise...
That is surprising, as Radon is a by-product of the radioactive decay of Uranium and Thorium, and Uranium and Thorium-bearing rocks are not common in north Texas. About the only occurrence you will usually find is glacial till deposits, and those for the most part have been eroded off and washed down rivers to the Gulf Coast.
Still in awe at this. Need to see it in person one of these days!
What are your plans for AC/Heat?
No problem; PM me for my cell phone, and let me know next time you (and your family) are out this way. We are almost always here.
There is duct work in the footers, and we will put in a small electric HVAC unit, probably only 1-1/2 tons. Once the house reaches equilibrium with the soil temperature (70 deg F year-round), we shouldn't ever have to move the temperature more than a few degrees. We also have plans to put a few mini-split units in strategic places like the master bedroom and the kitchen, so that those areas could be spot-cooled.
The things I learn on Mud are remarkable.That is surprising, as Radon is a by-product of the radioactive decay of Uranium and Thorium, and Uranium and Thorium-bearing rocks are not common in north Texas. About the only occurrence you will usually find is glacial till deposits, and those for the most part have been eroded off and washed down rivers to the Gulf Coast.
... I did finish off the various vent stacks and pass-throughs in the "roof" of the house. All this time, they were just straight (vertical) PVC pipes that were cast into the concrete domes and stuck up well above the level of the buried roof. Since the roof and back of the house have been buried, I finally cut them off about 18" from the ground and cemented 180-degree returns on the tops. It was more than $500 of PVC just for the returns - there are eight 6" vent stacks, one 8" vent stack, and one 4" pass-through for various antenna coax cables. There is also a 15" ADS corrugated pipe vent stack for the kitchen range vent hood. I'll take a photo of some and post it later.