New garage time!

[dragoneggs]

fatjay, that looks to be a well laid out and professional install. Good luck with the pressure test.

 

[fatjay]

Platform to be suspended above the garage on the walls. 3 sheetts of plywood will go on top. That way we can move inside the area on top and pull/screed. stand, kneel, lay. it's 24' long and 4' wide. I also have 2x 20' aluminum planks that can run from the platform to the front or back wall. There's a half inch deflection with me standing in the middle, and there's hooks on the outside that will prevent any potential lateral movement.

 

[dragoneggs]

Platform to be suspended above the garage on the walls. 3 sheetts of plywood will go on top. That way we can move inside the area on top and pull/screed. stand, kneel, lay. it's 24' long and 4' wide. I also have 2x 20' aluminum planks that can run from the platform to the front or back wall. There's a half inch deflection with me standing in the middle, and there's hooks on the outside that will prevent any potential lateral movement.

Oh boy... now that is a shop aid! :thumbsup:

 

[chim]

The platform looks like a good way to work while keeping feet off the PEX. The work surface will be almost 2' above the concrete. Do you think the reach will be unhandy? Would it be worth looking at hangers on the ends so the platform would hang inside the walls rather than sit on top?

 

[pmsmechanic]

The platform looks like a good way to work while keeping feet off the PEX. The work surface will be almost 2' above the concrete. Do you think the reach will be unhandy? Would it be worth looking at hangers on the ends so the platform would hang inside the walls rather than sit on top?

I was thinking along the same lines. It would sure make moving the concrete easier. Also I don't have a lot of experience with concrete but would using a cement vibrator help to move the concrete around and also to make sure the chairs get filled with concrete.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this platform works. For the life of me, I don't get what it accomplishes, or how anybody will be able to work concrete if they are on it.

 

[747driver]

I am with Eddie on this. You will lose all your leverage trying to pull and screed the concrete when being above the work. I hope you will be doing a video of this operation and prove us all wrong. I also hope you re-consider the time frame for the trucks to arrive. If not you are setting yourself up for what is called a 'cold joint'. I wish you all the good vibes as you proceed !!

 

[dodge man]

I’ve not seen the concrete vibrators used as much on flat work. They tend to be used more for foundations and is really important when you have a lot of rebar where you worry about voids forming among the rebar. I have seen it used on flat work and just a quick touch does help the concrete flow. To much of it can cause the concrete to segregate.

 

[dragoneggs]

I am with Eddie on this. You will lose all your leverage trying to pull and screed the concrete when being above the work. I hope you will be doing a video of this operation and prove us all wrong. I also hope you re-consider the time frame for the trucks to arrive. If not you are setting yourself up for what is called a 'cold joint'. I wish you all the good vibes as you proceed !!

I get the leverage aspect. My arms are getting tired thinking about it.

 

[ovrszd]

I was going to say no, because I've never messed with PEX in a pad before. But then I got to thinking that most everything that I've done is 3 1/2 inches thick. Put some 3/8s rebar in the middle of that and it's an inch and a half of mud above the rebar. So now I'm thinking that I do it all the time. Every time.

Yep. How many square feet at a time?