Zendo Project Stage 7Creating the foundation |
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Thank you new residents and volunteers. Your work in the kitchen, garden and on the floor itself is what makes this project possible. From left to right, Lee, Nancy, Hoben, Jiden, David, Shundo, Tobrina, Martha & Dan. Additional thanks to Ryan and Jaku (not pictured) for coming out to help. |
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With the plastic down and the sleepers (the 2x4's which the floor will rest on) installed in the founder's room, it's time to install the sleepers in the zendo. Here they are stacked up next to Ryan, Deston and Walker. |
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The sleepers are attached to the concrete with nails (the concrete was too hard to use screws). The only nail gun powerful enough used gun powder to fire the nails. Here David, Genmyo and Hoben demonstrate how to use the gun. |
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Sleepers around the perimiter . . . |
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Sleepers nearing completion . . . | |||
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Sleepers all down. |
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As the sleepers were being installed, any nails that didn't penetrate the concrete deeply enough were ground down. |
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After all the sleepers were nailed into place, a laser level was used to find any high or low spots on the floor. |
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With the laser level shining a laser beam in a straight line across the room, everyone went along the sleepers and measured the distance from the base of the sleeper to the laser. They wrote these measurements on the sleeper in chalk, which were checked later for large differences. |
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As the last of the sleepers were put down, some of the crew began installing the insulation. The insulation used is called foam-foil-foam, and here you see why. It has a rating of R-15, which means in essence that no heat from the pipes will leak into the concrete below the floor. |
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The process was simple, the insulation was rolled over the sleepers, cut to fit into the gap, and then stapled to the edges of the sleepers. |
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Shundo and Tobrina rolling and cutting. |
Jogen and Lee cutting and stapling. | |||
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| David and Evan cutting. | Tobrina holding. | |||
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Walker, Deston, Evan, Tobrina and Shundo stand in a fully insulated zendo. |
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| Next stage - installing the pipes and sand. | ||||