Pole Barn Build, 40x50x12

wedge40 · Jul 2, 2012

Thanks... I plan on the same.. I'm laying out all of mine so nothing is on an outside wall. And for at least a year or so it'll just go outside and stop.. I'll finish the hookups later.

Wedge

nrc17gto · Jul 29, 2012

We finished spreading our gravel today. We have used about 65 tons of 3/4" gravel. Next step will be to compact it then put down the vapor barrier.

Concrete Gravel by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Nick

nrc17gto · Aug 4, 2012

We finished packing our gravel today and laid the vapor barrier. We also laid the wire mesh out. Next we will place the rebar and tie it into the mesh and be ready for concrete. Getting closer!

Vapor Barrier by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Nick

nrc17gto · Aug 12, 2012

We finished all the prep work today. This includes:

all gravel level and packed
vapor barrier laid down
welded wire mesh laid down throughout the majority of the building
rebar laid out around the edges of the building and garage door entrances

Here is a video of me walking around inside after we were done. I am not saying it is THE BEST way to do it, but it is the way we did it and may help someone in the future.

Garage floor prep - YouTube

Nick

wedge40 · Aug 12, 2012

Nice video. Now comes the hard part. Are you contracting the pour out to professionals or are you and friends going to tackle it yourself?

nrc17gto · Aug 12, 2012

wedge40 said:
Nice video. Now comes the hard part. Are you contracting the pour out to professionals or are you and friends going to tackle it yourself?

Thanks, Wedge. We have decided to have someone come in that is experienced and do the pour with us working as laborers. I know it is going to be a lot of tough work using wheel barrows to get the crete to the back of the building but it will be worth it.

Nick

nrc17gto · Aug 23, 2012

Today was awesome! We got the floor poured. Everything went as planned. Used 43 yards of 4000 psi concrete with a slick finish inside and a tapered broom finished apron. Here are a couple of pictures but I will try to take some better ones soon. Tomorrow the guy is going to come back to cut the lines in it.

Garage Floor 2 by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Garage Floor1 by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Nick

:cool2:

ENG18LT · Aug 23, 2012

Nice! That has got to be a great feeling. Looks really good

wedge40 · Aug 23, 2012

nrc17gto said:
Today was awesome! We got the floor poured. Everything went as planned. Used 43 yards of 4000 psi concrete with a slick finish inside and a tapered broom finished apron. Here are a couple of pictures but I will try to take some better ones soon. Tomorrow the guy is going to come back to cut the lines in it.

Garage Floor 2 by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Garage Floor1 by nrc17gto, on Flickr

Nick

:cool2:

43 yards seems like a lot of extra? How thick did you pour?

Wedge

nrc17gto · Aug 24, 2012

wedge40 said:
43 yards seems like a lot of extra? How thick did you pour?

Wedge

It was 6" thick, including the 3' X 40' apron on the front. It still was extra so we finished up our headwall at our dry creek crossing and made a smooth transition into that pipe as well.

Nick