now this is exciting. going to build a nice garage
03-27-2008, 05:04 PM
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seems like it would be easier to form the walls on top of the allready done footing.
really i just paid someone to do that work for me. concrete work isn't for me. i am doing the rest of it. working on ordering the trusses today. very exciting.
really i just paid someone to do that work for me. concrete work isn't for me. i am doing the rest of it. working on ordering the trusses today. very exciting.
03-29-2008, 04:41 AM
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03-29-2008, 07:44 AM
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Just wondering how come you didn't do it all in one shot. Was it a money thing, or just didn't have the right forms? (damn concrete is expensive, lol) I've helped pore a couple garages and small buildings, and we dug the footings, did all the dirt work, formed up the walls and pored the floor all in one shot.
i know what your saying now. that is called a floating slab. where i live you are limited to a 750sqft building if you are going to do that type of footing/floor. that is what i did on my last garage.
a floating slab is nice and easy. you only have to be something like 12" thick on the edges. it is prety much just a slab with thick edges. once the building gets a certain size you need front line footings and here that means 42" deep. then since my building in on a sloap i have to keep all the footings at 42" below grade and then build the stem walls to make everything even up top.
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i know what your saying now. that is called a floating slab. where i live you are limited to a 750sqft building if you are going to do that type of footing/floor. that is what i did on my last garage.
a floating slab is nice and easy. you only have to be something like 12" thick on the edges. it is prety much just a slab with thick edges. once the building gets a certain size you need front line footings and here that means 42" deep. then since my building in on a sloap i have to keep all the footings at 42" below grade and then build the stem walls to make everything even up top.
a floating slab is nice and easy. you only have to be something like 12" thick on the edges. it is prety much just a slab with thick edges. once the building gets a certain size you need front line footings and here that means 42" deep. then since my building in on a sloap i have to keep all the footings at 42" below grade and then build the stem walls to make everything even up top.
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Floating slabs is all they do around here. Houses, garages, you name it. It must have to do with the weather and all the moisture in ground during the winter there.
It's looking good though, but might I suggest running some plumbing before you put the floor in. It looks like it'd be an awful long walk to the house in the snow to take a **** and/or wash your hands.
It's looking good though, but might I suggest running some plumbing before you put the floor in. It looks like it'd be an awful long walk to the house in the snow to take a **** and/or wash your hands.
03-29-2008, 03:34 PM
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Floating slabs is all they do around here. Houses, garages, you name it. It must have to do with the weather and all the moisture in ground during the winter there.
It's looking good though, but might I suggest running some plumbing before you put the floor in. It looks like it'd be an awful long walk to the house in the snow to take a **** and/or wash your hands.
It's looking good though, but might I suggest running some plumbing before you put the floor in. It looks like it'd be an awful long walk to the house in the snow to take a **** and/or wash your hands.
Different areas have different codes and building practices
03-29-2008, 03:50 PM
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there will be a bathroom out there. along with heat, cable, phone, internet and a 200amp service. i am hopeing i can get a 50" or larger flat panel for under $1000 buy the time i am ready for a tv out there. right now you can get a nice 42" for under $1k
right now you can get a nice 42" for under $1k
