Plumbing goes in the forms

This is a mix of roof drain, electrical conduit and sleeves for the radiant lines in an adobe wall between the great room and the master bedroom. We put couplings on the end of the conduit against the form wall and then wrapped them with foam to create a void in the concrete around them. We pulled the coupling up tight against the form with tie wire slipped through the form and twisted until tight.The radiant sleeves were just taped at their ends and suspended by tie wire and pulled to the bottom rebar with tie wire.


Here is a typical array of media and electrical conduit.


Jenny and I worked nonstop Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to get all the plumbing required in the forms. Dave Himes with Southwest Geothermal was on site taking care of all the sleeves through forms between rooms. We worked on the electrical conduit that will allow us to pull wires up in the gap between the double adobe walls. Curt Nelsen with Nelsen Electric stopped by several times to cheer us on and to look over our shoulder and keep us code compliant. In addition, we had to install conduit for the media wiring, Photovoltaic, and roof drains. We worked until dark and started again at daybreak. We were just completing the last tasks on our punch list when the pumper truck showed up Monday morning.