Rebar & shower trap

Saturday was split into 2 main jobs - insulation (in the last post) and rebar.
Once the insulation was in we went around with some more foam and then lots of foil backed tape to seal as many joints as we could. We don't know if this was needed and will help, but self builders bang on about this being the way to do it.

Installing the rebar was no easy feat, being 2.4 x 4.8m sheets and therefore unable to fit through the doorway... thankfully the roof was off so we could go over the walls with it, somehow. This was interesting and one of the times we wish we had a GoPro on a tripod.

Once we had it all in we had to tie it all together with anodized tie wire, and install small spacers to hold it above the insulation. These can be set up as 60mm or 75mm, and in our case laid on their side above the sleeper wall to give a 10mm gap. Some bricks were also used as they are 75mm and can be walked on, where the spacers pierce the insulation... :-(

Lucy tying spacers on and getting sunburnt by the reflection...

Rebar laid

On Sunday there was a bit more spacer tying to be done, then we had to go around the vertical 25mm "wall insulation" to draw on the FFL (Finished Floor Level) and TOC (Top of Concrete) so we have something to work towards. We used the laser level for this, which was pretty hard to see on the foil backed insulation! The TOC is marked as the Green line below:

The green lines, which should have been done before the rebar...

Once that was done Jaimin had the job of trying to get the shower trap installed and set up to the correct level, as the waste pipe has to be set in the slab. This has huge potential to go badly... After lengthy observations of the ridiculously bad "instructions" the most efficient method was some trusty slates and wire to hold them in place.

Shower trap installation... who knows how this will turn out.

Shower trap sticking out the wall