Well I am getting closer to having a new stable for the sling and vette. Its been a yr since I booked the builder. Getting variances with the township for building permits because its bigger than the house (dahhhh why wouldnt it be š) and its higher than they normally allow. 12ft ceilings so I could put 10x10 doors. Hopefully the doors and cement get done in the next few weeks. I have been busy getting the wiring roughed in. You can never have enough plugs. 36ā deep by 48ā wide. Small compared to my last shop of 60x75 but this is as big as I could push the council for without getting into big dollars for getting meetings and fighting for bigger variances which might not have been succesful.
New Garage
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Looks like it will be done just in time for the riding season. See you in Maggie.
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Boomer what is that white stuff?
Not sure, think they call it snow but could be suds from laundry. Oh wait he did say garage going in, thought it might be laundry room.
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Curious as to why you wouldn't put down a cement foundation first and then build the structure on top of that? - - never seen the building done before the slab, perhaps it's a cold climate thing?
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Curious as to why you wouldn't put down a cement foundation first and then build the structure on top of that? - - never seen the building done before the slab, perhaps it's a cold climate thing?
Not cold climate in maine. Slab first. But maybe pour slab in spring?
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My slab material was impregnated with fiberglass. Supposed to be stronger. I did also have the wire mesh included. 5 years and hasn't cracked yet.
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Poured my slab 26 X 36 back in 1982. Wire and fiber and I would not let them put the cuts in it. There is no way that I would have a slab and cut it up and there are no cracks in it. You just have to be sure that the ground or clay filler is packed like it is supposed to be. NEVER and I mean NEVER pour a concrete slab on soil that has not been packed. Around here the contractors will just pour the concrete on top of the soil and with-in the year it will be cracked. My son got in a hurry with his 40 X 100 and did not pack with his stick built and all 4 corners cracked about 5 feet in in a little over a year. Pack the fill from the bottom to the top the way it is supposed be done and you should not have any problems.
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Thats how they do a pole barn up here. Poles go down 4ā and sit on top of a cement pad 24ā dia and 2ā thick. Our frost line sometimes goes 2-3ā down depending on the yr. This yr we only got about 10ā of frost. The pad when they pour it will be a floating slab
Thank you - being a desert rat frost lines are not something I normally have to think about
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Cement day
finally the heat is off the cement and the weather is decent its go time -
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Well, we need to ass clocks of ice to the cement down here to keep it from hardening too fast when it's hot
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Are you adding fiberglass to help reinforce, donāt see any rebar?
Yes I lived in hellās front porch and we added ice many times.
We also started at 4 in the morning then after finishing we covered with clear plastic to help hold moisture for curing.
Some used ponds but it would just evaporate too fast, so plastic worked best.
I am jealous, hope to see you in Maggie.
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A few miles does a lot weather wise!
