{"id":323,"date":"2010-02-08T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T00:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existingresources.wordpress.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2012-05-21T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:57:13","slug":"seattle-passive-house-one-pump-two-pump-dead-pump-new-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Passive House &#8211; One Pump, Two Pump, Dead Pump, New Pump."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-one-pump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-324\" title=\"Seattle Ph - One Pump\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-one-pump.jpg?w=112\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-one-pump.jpg 411w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-one-pump-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>There was a bit of excitement the day the slab went in.\u00a0 Dan had arranged for a boom pump to place the concrete in the forms, but the concrete became jammed and was unable to be pumped out.\u00a0 After an hour of trying another pump was called.\u00a0 At the two hour mark the second pump arrived and it was much bigger &#8211; so big in fact that Dan had to quickly prune a tree at the front of the property so that the pump arm could swing under the power lines and over the tree in order to be able to place the concrete.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-tree-needs-trimming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-325\" title=\"Seattle PH - Tree needs trimming\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-tree-needs-trimming.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-tree-needs-trimming.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-tree-needs-trimming-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-threading-the-needle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-326\" title=\"Seattle PH - THreading the needle\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-threading-the-needle.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-threading-the-needle.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-threading-the-needle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The skill the operator exhibited while swinging the pump arm around was incredible.<!--more--> Finally the pump was in position and&#8230; the concrete became stuck in it as well.\u00a0 After about 15 minutes of banging on the joints and taking parts off the concrete started flowing &#8211; which was good because the first truck load had an accellerant added to it because it had been cold earlier.\u00a0 Working quickly the concrete was placed from both trucks with smiles all around.<a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-two-pump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-327\" title=\"Seattle PH - Two Pump\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-two-pump.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-two-pump.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-two-pump-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-place-slab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-330\" title=\"Seattle PH - Place Slab\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-place-slab.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-place-slab.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-place-slab-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-sill-plates1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-335\" title=\"Seattle PH - Sill plates\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-sill-plates1.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-sill-plates1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-sill-plates1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A few days later I checked back in to find the\u00a0 foundation wrapped with the plastic and the sill plates going down.\u00a0 Scott the plumber sent me pics the day the Larsen trusses were set &#8211; thanks Scott!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-trusses-in-the-rain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-336\" title=\"Seattle PH - Larsen Trusses in the rain\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-trusses-in-the-rain.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"Thanks for the pic Scott!\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-trusses-in-the-rain.jpg 645w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-trusses-in-the-rain-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>You can see the walls will be deeper than normal to allow for additional insulation.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-double-plates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-337\" title=\"Seattle PH - Larsen double plates\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-double-plates.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-double-plates.jpg 548w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-larsen-double-plates-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I swung by the next day to find the rain gone and the hole for the storm drain had been dug.<a href=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-prepping-for-the-stormdrain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-338\" title=\"Seattle PH - prepping for the stormdrain\" src=\"http:\/\/existingresources.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-prepping-for-the-stormdrain.jpg?w=112\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-prepping-for-the-stormdrain.jpg 411w, https:\/\/existingresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/seattle-ph-prepping-for-the-stormdrain-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up &#8211; more framing.<\/p>\n<p>-Linda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a bit of excitement the day the slab went in.\u00a0 Dan had arranged for a boom pump to place the concrete in the forms, but the concrete became jammed and was unable to be pumped out.\u00a0 After an hour of trying another pump was called.\u00a0 At the two hour mark the second pump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/existingresources.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}