1x6 concrete form system photos.

[PEG688]

Heres  that system , very simple , harder  to find / teach the sales guy what you need than to use. Older homes , say 1950's to late 60's these where what was used.

It was a green system in that once the board s where stripped and cleaned they generally ended up either on the walls or roofs as sheathing.  No longer as we need , by code the shear that sheet good have these days .

Of course if you had a Cedar shake roof and skip sheathing was OK by your code or truss manf. plan they could still be used again.
 

The things on top are called spreaders , they come in all the common wall widths , these are 6" . The wedges ,( in what are called wedge ties , often called snap ties,)   used to be loan able from most batch plants , most no longer can find them or they threw them out as not many pro's use this system any longer.  





This is  a "odd " pour , about 4 yards total footing and wall , we "mono" poured it as it had to be pumped and setting up and paying for two pump pours it expensive. Our regular concrete sub would never "squeeze in " a pour like this so we got to have fun on this one.

 

We started with a 1x4 on this job as it worked out nice for the height we needed, we also used 1x4 on top of PT 1x4 stretcher as the stretcher have to stay in the pour in this case. Commonly the spreader you see on top are nailed to a snapped line right on a freshly poured footing they in turn stay in the pour and spread the bottom boards and hold them while the pour is happening.

 

That rebar should have been lapped at least 2'   the insepctor let that go as these walls are poured between the etisting 6x6 PT post and really the walls on them have no weight as the post hold up 6 x12  GLB (Glue Lam beams) they hold the place up , the walls are just to close in the rooms really, not weight bearing in any way.


 

Up and over goes the mud . Which BTW was a 6 sack , pea gravel mix with "AIR " added , poured at a 5 1/2 slump, so it flows . AIR is a acronym for some chemical that promotes good flow .

 

Now theres a ad photo , both trucks company names and , intentional, I caught the concrete trucks logo right side up and as horz. as it could be caught What great camera work PEG
   



Foundation bolts are put in after the mud is screeded off and floated. We dive small nails thru a snapped line to guage the height . When you put the bolts in  you should push them in firmly then wiggle the bolt up an down and the mud will close in around  the "pussy" that pushing the bolt in causes. Sorry girls   that what I call it ,   in the concrete that is    

[glenn kangiser]

I don't know what to say, PEG.  You are such a picturesque building instructor.

Great job on the forming BTW.  I used the Rapiform clips (pictured on top the forms) on the bottom and top of Mike's wall forms then standard snap ties and 12 inch lag bolts into 1 1/8 plywood in the hard spots with no access.