Almost a year ago I did a post on the typical building style here
which is a concrete post and beam with brick infill.
which is a concrete post and beam with brick infill.
Please refer to Building Mexico from February 23th, 2010
to see the beginnings of the above house.
In this post we will concentrate on the bond beam.
They must have stopped construction till this winter
because they had just started back working
when we got to Alamos, Sonora back in January.
Construction loans are not common here
so what seems like a long time
and stopped construction is merely waiting to save
more money for the next phase.
The photo above shows the rebar in place
ready to form up for the concrete bond beam.
This is the standard style of building here
so they are quite adept at tying rebar.
Notice how often they have the ties
connecting the four strands of rebar.
The posts are tied in with the bond beam.
Next the form boards are put in place...
...and adjusted for the pour.
As is common all the mixing is done on the ground by hand,
using 5 gallon buckets to haul sand, gravel and the mixed concrete.
The concrete has been poured
and the form boards have been removed.
and the form boards have been removed.
The unfinished post below the end of the bond beam
will be poured after the brick wall on the left is finished.
More in the next post.