for those of you who live south of the area where the earth freezes, this is a trench for a footing. It must be 42" below grade in this locale. The cement man needs it to be 6' wide 'cause his men are fat (did I say he didn't show up to place the forms?). Our trench depth varies from 23" to 42" deep because of the natural grade, the transit keeps us on target. The footing will be 10" thick and 20" wide, so I'm told, and I hope to live to see it.
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because the cement men are fat I cut this ramp at the easiest access point so they wouldn't have to negotiate a ladder. I know their big beer gut would obscure the rungs and disaster would follow. Listen cement men, whatever it takes I will do so we can get the ball rolling. Snow is just around the corner.
Actually this is standard practice in these parts.
The next post will hopefully show more progress, we are just playing the waiting game right now. 3000# concrete will cost $72/yd for this job. That is down some from last fall. The formed & poured 24'x36' foundation will cost $3800.- I figure thats about $1500.- for cement and the rest for beer and anchor bolts.
Thanks so much for looking,
Martin
Actually this is standard practice in these parts.
The next post will hopefully show more progress, we are just playing the waiting game right now. 3000# concrete will cost $72/yd for this job. That is down some from last fall. The formed & poured 24'x36' foundation will cost $3800.- I figure thats about $1500.- for cement and the rest for beer and anchor bolts.
Thanks so much for looking,
Martin
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EddieWalker
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It's looking good Martin.
Sorry to hear about your subs. It's all part of the game. The really good ones are almost impossible to get ahold of. I'd be more concerned if they didn't have anything else to do.
As for the beer guts. That's just a sign of being well fed, well paid and having plenty of jobs. LOL
Of course, it could also mean they are just lazy and drink too much, kind a like me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Eddie
Sorry to hear about your subs. It's all part of the game. The really good ones are almost impossible to get ahold of. I'd be more concerned if they didn't have anything else to do.
As for the beer guts. That's just a sign of being well fed, well paid and having plenty of jobs. LOL
Of course, it could also mean they are just lazy and drink too much, kind a like me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Eddie
So, while I was whining, guess who showed up with his kids in the heat of the mid day... the lovely cement man. He framed the footer on Saturday and poured on Monday. Then he formed and poured the foundation on Wednesday. He stripped on Thursday. We started backfilling on Saturday.
This pic shows the typical footer with the foundation on top.
The utility conduits were stubbed in place before the footer was poured, the paint stripe is there so we can find the conduits to tie into when we dig the utility trench. The trench will go in last because it will be terribly in the way when backfilling and can't be covered before the inspector ok's it.
This pic shows the typical footer with the foundation on top.
The utility conduits were stubbed in place before the footer was poured, the paint stripe is there so we can find the conduits to tie into when we dig the utility trench. The trench will go in last because it will be terribly in the way when backfilling and can't be covered before the inspector ok's it.
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here it is roughed in. I didn't take any snaps of it finished and cleaned up because I became preoccupied with taking the cylinders off the BH90 to re-seal. The dipper cylinder that failed was severely side loaded and I will get it apart tomorrow night to see if it can be saved, but that is another subject.
Now we are waiting for the sawmill to finish cutting the package and make the delivery. This will be post and beam using native pine. Should be interesting, I've only ever built with dimensional lumber.
Thanks for looking,
Martin
Now we are waiting for the sawmill to finish cutting the package and make the delivery. This will be post and beam using native pine. Should be interesting, I've only ever built with dimensional lumber.
Thanks for looking,
Martin
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