today, with the blocks adequately dry from the previous rains, i laid the 6th and final bond beam course on the left, rear, and right walls. tomorrow, i'll fill in the hole at the front door wall.
i'll wait a bit between setting each course, to avoid overly compressing the bed joints of previous courses. i suppose i'll cut and bend rebar for the bond beam during the down times.
the corners of the bond beam are very tight, which will require tight rebar bends. the rebar bending setup used for the foundation does not produce bends of adequately small radius.. i'll have to modify the bender to give tighter bends. i think this is doable. supports around the bending bolt to prevent the bending section from bowing out, combined with some method of preventing the bar from sliding during the bend. a clamp should work. *fingers crossed*
a 40% chance of showers wednesday.. i'll have to cover the walls with plastic to keep the bond beam from becoming an elevated moat.
as of today, i've been working on laying the block foundation wall for three weeks. sheesh.. someone remind me to pour the walls on the next foundation!
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