BUILDING GARAGE BY MYSELF NEED HELP?

[richso]

Suggest talking with the concrete supplier to find easy, cheap solution.
Might be to have concrete truck at bottom of hill fill up the front bucket of the tractor with 3/4 yd and then drive the tractor with concrete up the hill.
For a 20 yd pour, you would make 28 trips or so and then wash the front bucket out real good.
(Would probably wash and wax it real good before also.)
Have someone else there to pull the mud where needed and some finishers to help.
Rich S.

 

[Deere Dude]

Suggest talking with the concrete supplier to find easy, cheap solution.
Might be to have concrete truck at bottom of hill fill up the front bucket of the tractor with 3/4 yd and then drive the tractor with concrete up the hill.
For a 20 yd pour, you would make 28 trips or so and then wash the front bucket out real good.
(Would probably wash and wax it real good before also.)
Have someone else there to pull the mud where needed and some finishers to help.
Rich S.

20 yards? How thick would the floor have to be. I calculated around 8 yards at 4" of concrete. If he was considering patio blocks I would think 4" concrete would work, especially if it was for only a car and a tractor.

Hauling it up in a bucket would work. I don't know what size bucket you have or the capacity of the tractor. You will have to check that out before you consider that. Cement is heavyyyy.

 

[BeezFun]

So what would people here recommend for a vapor barrier under a gravel (or crusher run) floor inside a pole barn? Would a few sheets of heavy plastic hold up?

Concrete is normally poured directly over vapor barriers that are 15mil plastic, the seams are overlapped and sealed with tape. That's heavy enough that it can be placed right on the gravel without tearing or puncturing. In the old days we used 6mil plastic, but that's not heavy enough. You shouldn't put a vapor barrier under the gravel if you ever plan to put concrete over the gravel, unless the building is enclosed and you can keep the gravel base dry. If you pour over a damp base that can't dry other than by pushing it's moisture up through the concrete, you'll have a number of problems including delamination of surface, efflourescence and staining of the concrete. If you're sure you're never going to pour concrete, or that you can enclose the building and completely dry the gravel base before you pour, then it's OK I guess.

 

[FredH]

That's what I was thinking in regards to using the bucket of the tractor to haul the cement . I have done that before when putting posts in for corners on fencing .

Not sure about logistics or if it would work , but how about pumping it up ??


Fred H.

 

[timswi]

That's what I was thinking in regards to using the bucket of the tractor to haul the cement . I have done that before when putting posts in for corners on fencing .

Not sure about logistics or if it would work , but how about pumping it up ??


Fred H.

Pumping would be best...I have worked on jobs where we used a FEL to move the crete..I'd rather go pumper personally.

 

[Flutie Fanatic]

I built this 20 x 28 ft equipment shed--pole style working alone a few years ago (at age 67). Roof is 10 ft in front sloping to 9 ft in rear. Concrete footings are 18"x18"x18" using a cheap mixer from Harbor Freight. Posts are 4x6 ft pressure treated. Beams are doubled 2x12 (nailed and glued) in front, doubled 2x10s middle and rear.
Metal siding is 29 ga R-panel 3ft wide x 11 ft long.

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You can adapt this style of construction to your garage.

Good luck.

THANKS FOR GREAT PICS, SOMETHING I WILL CONSIDER

 

[Flutie Fanatic]

Thank You to everybody for the great input, very helpful:thumbsup:!!!!!

 

[rsewill]

We had a 40' x 18' driveway we poured using a mixer. Never, never again. The stuff from the truck is worth every penny.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Ready mix concrete from the truck isn't necessarily more expensive than the materials for site mixed concrete, and it's a heck of a lot less work. I've done a fair amount of concrete work, and I would never site mix if delivery is an option. It's amazing the places I've gotten concrete trucks into, particularly the all-wheel drive front discharge machines. Ask your local batch plant to have a salesman come out and look the site over.

 

[Flutie Fanatic]

Ready mix concrete from the truck isn't necessarily more expensive than the materials for site mixed concrete, and it's a heck of a lot less work. I've done a fair amount of concrete work, and I would never site mix if delivery is an option. It's amazing the places I've gotten concrete trucks into, particularly the all-wheel drive front discharge machines. Ask your local batch plant to have a salesman come out and look the site over.

In my area they may tell the building inspector I have no permit?