Monday 7 July 2008

Slab insulation and underfloor heating pipes



DPM will be laid and linked to the DPC.
On top of this is the shiny Kingspan Floor insulation.
On top of this, supported by concrete spacers is some steel mesh reinforcement. While this will give added stregth to the concrete slab, it also is used to attach the heating pipework to.
The timber around the edge is not the soleplate, but some formwork for the concrete floor which will come up to the level of where the soleplate will be. One of the reasons for this is the threshold on the large windows. We don't want a big step up, and it will be easeier for the level access to the front door.

Concrete didn't get poured today, I've not spoken to my contractor, but given we had some really heavy showers, it's a good thing.

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