Recent content by RobertE

2 weeks sounds like a long time, but I'd sure hate to see a crack form from my impatience. I've got plenty of other related stuff to do that will still give me the satisfaction of seeing progress at the end of the day. Thanks, guys, for sharing your experience.

Thanks, Justin I have enough #3 rebar to put in a 12x12 grid drilled and bedded into the footing. Will I still need wire mesh in addition to that? I didn't realize how extensive the filling would be. I've got a lot of dirt/small rock/dry clay chunk to put in the hole. Not exactly nice...

Next week we'll pour a footing for the garage addition. Most of it is 12x18, except 1 18' section that has a 12x18 base with a 8x24 stem wall on top, making the addition about 22" above the existing slab. I'll have to fill in the void in the middle of the new foundation with dirt/debris...

Still working on the garage addition, among many other things. Is there a readily available source of information for building forms for poured concrete. My little project has become a real headscratcher with different elevation, starting with a 24" stem wall on the back of the existing...

I'm adding a shed type addition to the back of the garage, making the back wall load bearing. In excavating the footing to add the 10x18.5 slab, I've found that there is no real footing under the original slab and 6" stem wall. Is it possible to dig out a suitable space under the existing...

So, today we poured the slab on the 10x15 area I removed from the original floor. 1/2" rebar, 12" centers, 4.5-5.0 thick 3000 psi over a compacted bed of 3/8 gravel 4" deep. I think we did okay for a Nissan Sentra. Waiting 30 days to slow cure, then an epoxy coating and start on storage...

Thanks, Glenn I'm on it! Bob

Scenario: 1930's garage. 18.5 x 20. Very inconsistent unreinforced slab floor, varying from 1" to 4", sort of cement veneer over very poor, crumbling, larger round rock/cement mix, over wet clay. 6" stem on 2 sides. I've removed a section in the middle, 6.5 x 15, with the expectation of...

Katy and Bob new members We have a '31 Spanish Bungalow in North Park that has given us so many surprises!! Looking forward to information on this site! B&K