Doing some concrete projects at the house...

[nikdfish]

The inspector came out yesterday & signed off on the slab prep.

If there are no surprises, we are scheduled for a pour on Monday...

Nick

 

[nikdfish]

After the inspector left, I did some cleaning up. Most of the large pile of gravel that remained got used to fill in eroding areas along the road side ditch area (still part of our yard). The remainder was spread fairly thickly in the area in front of the pad & at the top of the parking area. I can recover some later if needed for coverage in another area.

I moved the chipper (covered in blue tarp) away from the work area using strap-on forks on the 1025R bucket (it pretty much maxed it's capacity...) and moved the burn barrels to one side.

With those out of the way, I moved the pile of topsoil from lowering the grade 4" over to a location of the wife's choosing. She is not one to waste topsoil & already has plans for flower bed expansions. This clears the area to allow the concrete truck to drive straight through if needed. I also cleaned up the piles left from the footing excavations.

This should be it until the pour is done.

Nick

 

[nikdfish]

OK, today the slab got poured.

The truck backed in though the access corridor we prepared earlier.

Because the truck could not maneuver around much at all, they had to use a wheelbarrow to fill the far footing & about half the slab.

The remainder could be poured directly.

The original estimate of 7.5 yards was not enough to finish the job, so the truck left & another was put in route with another 1.5 yards. The shortfall was probably a combination of compensating for the grade & that I had to shave one of the footers wider after drifting from the desired line when I was running the 1025R backhoe.

They floated what had been laid while waiting for the next truck, but it was not much of a delay.

With the final pour done, the slab gets finishing done.

All done!

The concrete guy will come back tomorrow to cut expansion slots. I told the building manufacturer that our slab was poured and to get us on the delivery/install schedule.

Nick

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks great...

Nice Aluminum? trailer you have in the pictures.

 

[nikdfish]

Looks great...

Nice Aluminum? trailer you have in the pictures.

Thanks! Yeah, it's an Aluma 18' car hauler we use to move the 3038e & 1025R around when needed.

Nick

 

[ultrarunner]

Sweet Trailer and it's been on my wish list for a long time...

 

[Snobdds]

I noticed the trailer too, it is nice. And good job on the projects too.

 

[nikdfish]

The concrete guy came by this morning (8AM) and cut control joints into the slab.

The next photo series should be the building delivery/installation (fingers crossed).

Nick

 

[dickfoster]

The concrete guy came by this morning (8AM) and cut control joints into the slab.

The next photo series should be the building delivery/installation (fingers crossed).

Nick

Oh I see you cut them in dry with a saw. Seems to be an odd way to go about it. I've always seen them cut into the wet stuff.

 

[CalG]

cut green is the "modern way",

'Just cut the aggregate that way, the cementaceous material gets flushed out of the way. ;-)