The footing forms are done so the next step is to pour the concrete. Essentially we are filling the forms that we built with concrete. Before the concrete trucks come we have to lay and tie all the rebar. Rebar is basically long metal rods that are used in concrete to provide structural support. When building footings you run rebar all long the inside of your footing form. Depending on the type of construction an engineer may specify the amount and type/size of rebar required. We needed 3 15M rods in our footings. Because rebar comes as long rods you have to cut and bend them to suit the shape of your footing/your house. Everywhere that the rebar overlaps you have to tie the pieces together with a rebar tie (a metal twist tie).
I don't have pictures of our rebar because I was busy tying the rebar but here is an internet photo of what rebar in the footing looks like:
After we were done cutting, bending, laying, and tying all of the rebar we could pour the concrete. I was dreading this step. I was so not looking forward to working with concrete. Luckily I didn't have to. The brother in law came up to help for a few days and he he got here just in time to help pour the concrete.
The concrete got poured fairly quickly and now we just have to wait for it to cure for 72 hours and then we can start putting up the foundation walls.
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