“I’ve been very pleased so far with the ease of assembly and cutting blocks to form a straight and true wall. The workers, who are skilled in carpentry and to a lesser extend masonry, seem to work with the new construction method with ease. Even the electrician, who is more accustomed to rolling in on the job after the wood framed walls are up and running wire and attaching junction boxes most anywhere, is positive about working in the somewhat more constrained environment. With only a couple of minor exceptions which can be repaired such that we’ll never know the difference, the electrical boxes have been installed very cleanly and tight in the Faswall blocks. Of course, we do not have the luxury of no/poor planning with regard to the locations of electrical outlets and switches that we would have had with wood framing. We have to get it very close to right out of the gate which doesn’t seem to be a very difficult. If we find we want to add or move something after the concrete is poured, we have somewhat limited ability in routing new wires or we’ll just have to live with it. Afterall, keeping things simple is part of what we are trying to acheive in our lifestyle goals and fewer recepticals/switches means less material and waste.”
Détails
Le système de suspension de solives illustré ici est une plaque Simpson qui s'insère à travers le mur du bloc Faswall et s'encastre dans l'ancrage en béton.
Plaques de grand livre Simpson
Le grand livre est ensuite pris en sandwich entre le matériel de suspension et la plaque avec des vis autotaraudeuses (voir photo ci-dessous). Les boulons illustrés au-dessus des plaques servent à fixer le diaphragme du sous-plancher aux murs en béton armé d'acier. Les boulons illustrés ci-dessus sur le mur de blocs CMU à gauche servent à fixer le grand livre sur ce mur. Bien que les plaques Simpson soient une solution solide, elles sont un peu plus compliquées et coûteuses à installer que les boulons en L.
