Behind the Build: Designing a Lake Belton Home Around the View

Okay Robbie. So, we’re out here – first new build in 2026. Lake Belton actually, we’re in Moody starting a new slab. I think we said Robbie this slab is how many square feet? We’re at 11,000 ft.² of square feet. 11,000 ft.² and normally we would do a post tension slab, but the engineer has called for us to do a rebar slab here, which is kind of different limited unusual. And why Robbie? Why are they making us do rebar? Well, there’s a couple reasons, we’ve got one is the size and shape of this house. It’s over 11,000 ft.², and we’ve got two buildings. We’ve got the main house which is stick frame and then we’ve got to shop which is a frame shop with red iron and because of the shape of the house and the proximity to the metal shop, they’re gonna go with a conventional rebar slab. Yeah, and I think one of the concerns too if you can open the video, we have the main house over here, the workshop over here ,and there’s a small section of concrete that connects those two pieces together, so what’s the issue potentially there ,Robbie, which would be another reason we’re using a rebar? So yo’ve got two foundations that are integral but you’ve got a pinch point in the middle and so when those two slabs move independently, which they’re gonna do whether it’s conventional or post tension, you’ve got a stress point, and that stress point is gonna require a keyway. So that each of those foundations can move independently without causing a crack in the foundation and any kind of foundation problems. So that’s the reason for the keyway and again because of the size and shape of the foundation they’re going with conventional rebar foundation. It’s gonna be a big project- a lot of concrete. I think you said we’re figuring how many cubic yards? 250 cubic yards. That’s a lot of truckloads of concrete. So look forward to seeing this come alive, we’ll be shooting some videos as we go showing you guys the progress as we’re doing it. Looking forward to it.