La House Construction Gallery

Concrete pumped into ICF wall forms and house slab cap (Teague Equipment)

20 October 2004

Wet curing blanket covers fresh slab to reduce cracks, add strength (ConKure)

19 October 2004

Placing and finishing concrete slab cap over fill within stem wall foundation

18 October 2004

Tape alerts other workers to maintain termite barrier

16 October 2004

Steel mesh termite barriers secured on pipes before slab is poured (TemiMesh)

15 October 2004

Wire mesh reinforcement for house slab cap

14 October 2004

Durable vapor sheeting (Vapor Block) placed over fill within stemwall provides capillary break

12 October 2004

Waterproofing top of stemwall to prevent water wicking up to slab (capillary break)

11 October 2004

Teaching Center ICF and house stem wall foundation

10 October 2004

Thank you to Lane Thompson, Eco-Block and LSU Construction Mngt.!

7 October 2004

Concrete is pumped into reinforced foam forms

6 October 2004

ICF walls, bracing, window and door bucks

5 October 2004

Teaching Center ICF and house stem wall foundation

4 October 2004

Securing steel rebar reinforcement to block connectors

4 October 2004

ICF walls, bracing, window and door bucks

3 October 2004

Applying adhesive to foam blocks

3 October 2004

Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) foam blocks

2 October 2004

LSU Construction students help build Teaching Center

1 October 2004

Stemwall blocks filled with concrete

9 August 2004

Stemwall will raise house 3 ft. above base flood elevation (18 in. higher than garage slab)

8 August 2004

Top course trimmed to create form for slab cap

7 August 2004

Block stemwall on house footings

6 August 2004

Curing compound spayed on house footings; finished garage slab in background

5 August 2004

Wet curing blanket (ConKure) placed to reduce curling, cracking

4 August 2004

Finishing slab (garage Teaching Center)

3 August 2004

Slab concrete placed over vapor barrier - low water to cement ratio

2 August 2004

Concrete pumped into footing trenches (house)

1 August 2004

Claudette Reichel (LaHouse chair) shares State of LaHouse vision at Entergy Reception

1 July 2004

Roy Domangue (builder) sharing his perspective at Entergy reception

1 July 2004

Trula Remson (architect) expressing purpose at Entergy Reception

1 July 2004

Renae Conley (Entery President) thanked by LSU President Jenkins

1 July 2004

Entergy honored at Diamond Key Reception

1 July 2004

Post tension cables for slab crack control on expansive soils

5 June 2004

Durable vapor barrier under slab and grade beams

4 June 2004

Termidor soil treatment under slab (garage)

3 June 2004

Piping rough-in - copper fittings without torch

2 June 2004

House foundation footings - forms and rebar reinforcement

1 June 2004

LaHouse Team Complete

1 May 2004

Green Key Contributors honored

1 July 2003

Bronze Key Contributors honored

1 July 2003

Silver Key Contributors honored

1 July 2003

Gold Key Contributors honored

1 July 2003

Platinum Key Contributors honored at groundbreaking

1 July 2003

100+ Supporters celebrated grounbreaking

1 July 2003

Groundbreaking Reception on site

1 July 2003

Groundbreaking Ceremony

1 July 2003