Rebar

Two lines of horizontal rebar was placed in the poured footings after the pour to reinforce the concrete. Roger Laroche and his helper very quickly cut and bent the vertical rebar using a cutting and bending tool. Roger can be seen here laying the vertical rebar into the footings as I look on anxiously, wondering how much this is all going to cost (it should actually be close to the estimate; Roger said that the site was actually easy to work; I believe him; it took him a morning of work to do all this).

Three steps were built into the footing. The largest is seen here is along the back wall and is about 10 inches in height. Roger built these with conventional forms in mind. Styrofoam forms for foundation walls would have required more precise (and hence labor intensive) step measurements.

The rebar (which will anchor the walls to the footing) is offset slightly to the outside perimeter of the footings to allow for interior pilasters in the foundation wall. Two vertical rebars are placed where the post-supporting pilasters will be poured into the concrete wall.

The the far right of the image also shoes the trench in the rock that runs behind the house . It should divert water from the spring away from the house.