Hello,
I am planning for my outdoor kitchen and would love to get your input. Pavers will be butted up against this concrete pad. I will have two parts:
1. An L shaped island that is 28" deep with a thickness of 5.5" Inches concrete. I'll have steel studs, hardiboard, and limestone countertop
2. A 5.5" concrete slab for a "Heavy" stone Pizza Oven (right next to island). Planning on using wire mesh.
I live in Minneapolis and have sandy soil the first 6 inches and clay soil beneath that. My question is around prepping for this. Should I dig out 9-12 inches and place class 5 in (with 4" lifts and compaction) and/or dig 8" sonotube footings at 48" depth. The Pavers will have 12" dug out with class 5 for first 11" and 1" of sand (4" lifts).
Another question is should I make the concrete thickness 4" for the standard island (not pizza oven)?
thanks!
Yeager
I am planning for my outdoor kitchen and would love to get your input. Pavers will be butted up against this concrete pad. I will have two parts:
1. An L shaped island that is 28" deep with a thickness of 5.5" Inches concrete. I'll have steel studs, hardiboard, and limestone countertop
2. A 5.5" concrete slab for a "Heavy" stone Pizza Oven (right next to island). Planning on using wire mesh.
I live in Minneapolis and have sandy soil the first 6 inches and clay soil beneath that. My question is around prepping for this. Should I dig out 9-12 inches and place class 5 in (with 4" lifts and compaction) and/or dig 8" sonotube footings at 48" depth. The Pavers will have 12" dug out with class 5 for first 11" and 1" of sand (4" lifts).
Another question is should I make the concrete thickness 4" for the standard island (not pizza oven)?
thanks!
Yeager