michael.white
Silver Member
Hi all,
I'm installing a generator and I am getting ready to pour my first pad. I've been getting advice from the electrician doing some of the work and the supply store selling me the concrete. Since the generator with fuel will weigh about 1500 lbs and will vibrate, I dug 12" deep footers all around. The pad is 3 1/2' x 5 1/2'. Becuase the pad is on a hillside, the thickness at the top of the hill is 6" (the minimum I was told it should be) and is 14" at the bottom of the hill. The rebar in the footers will be held in place by 6x10 stirrups.
I finished the framing and am about to put in the rebar, but I have a couple of questions:
1) When framing, I may have knocked free some dirt into the footer and created a gap or two between the ground and frame. Is the best way to block these gaps by placing a 2x4 over it? Or is there a better way?
2) How should the rebar be placed? If I follow the slope of the hill, the rebar will be a few inches from the top of the pad at the top of the hill but more than 10" from the top of the pad at the bottom of the hill. Do I make a second layer of rebar?
Thanks!
I'm installing a generator and I am getting ready to pour my first pad. I've been getting advice from the electrician doing some of the work and the supply store selling me the concrete. Since the generator with fuel will weigh about 1500 lbs and will vibrate, I dug 12" deep footers all around. The pad is 3 1/2' x 5 1/2'. Becuase the pad is on a hillside, the thickness at the top of the hill is 6" (the minimum I was told it should be) and is 14" at the bottom of the hill. The rebar in the footers will be held in place by 6x10 stirrups.
I finished the framing and am about to put in the rebar, but I have a couple of questions:
1) When framing, I may have knocked free some dirt into the footer and created a gap or two between the ground and frame. Is the best way to block these gaps by placing a 2x4 over it? Or is there a better way?
2) How should the rebar be placed? If I follow the slope of the hill, the rebar will be a few inches from the top of the pad at the top of the hill but more than 10" from the top of the pad at the bottom of the hill. Do I make a second layer of rebar?
Thanks!