Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Sod Removal a couple weeks ago. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/SodRemoved1.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/SodRemoved3.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/SodRemoved4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Fill and Form started last week. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformsstarted1.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformsstarted2.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformsstarted3.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformsstarted4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy larry Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 not to late to go BIGGER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Fill and Forms complete Today. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformscomplete1.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformscomplete2.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Fillandformscomplete3.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Firsttruckarrival.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Pouring in progress this morning. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouring1.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouring2.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouring4.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouring6.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouring7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Pouring complete! http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouringcomplete1.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouringcomplete2.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouringcomplete3.jpg http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/Pouringcomplete4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patra_is_here Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 dang son you live out in the cuts! building a workshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 not to late to go BIGGER It is for now The building is expandable if I want to make it longer at a later date The slab is 6" thick with 12" thick footers around the perimeter. Four truck loads for a total of 35 yards of concrete. Later, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) dang son you live out in the cuts! building a workshop?I must be old, not sure what "out in the cuts" means Yup building a 25 x 52 metal building. It has been in my garage waiting for the slab to be poured for a couple months. http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s412/ThreedoorSQ/Building%20Concrete%20Slab/photobucket-1713-1341084410599.jpg Keith <edit> moved picture, had to change image code </edit> Edited September 2, 2012 by Threedoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patra_is_here Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 hahah just that it looks like its way out in the countryside. (which is great). that slab is like the entire size of a lot in my neighborhood. pretty sure my house could fit inside your workshop. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Those are the craziest looking cement mixer trucks I've ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoFab Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 very cool...you can call me jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrustConquest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looks awesome! I wish that I had a workshop. I would never leave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny_Jim Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Those are the craziest looking cement mixer trucks I've ever seen!I was thinking the same! Backwards from the ones we have around here. Must be Canadian trucks or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy larry Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 4X4 cement trucks are like that. I had one frame deep at my place. Had to wait for the next truck to pull him out in the mean time we had to wheel barrow the cement.... What a pita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looks good man, I built mine last year, (32x60) and have been in mancave heaven ever since. Keep us updated on your progress. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA2NC5qcGc-1.jpg BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 deja vu looking good man keep rollin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 hahah just that it looks like its way out in the countryside. (which is great). that slab is like the entire size of a lot in my neighborhood. pretty sure my house could fit inside your workshop. =) Hahaha... My wife considers this middle of no-where. I consider it a bit crowded because my nearest neighbor is 50 ft away to the south. She grew up in Detroit, I grew up in a house in rural Michigan where my nearest neighbor was 1/4 mile away. How much sq footage in your house? My shop is going to be 1300 sq ft... just a bit smaller than my house if I remember correctly. My wife thinks the shop will be bigger than the house, I think smaller... I need to either dig out my paper work from when I bought the house or my tape measure and see which one of us is right Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I was thinking the same! Backwards from the ones we have around here. Must be Canadian trucks or something With these the driver sits in the cab moving the truck around and controlling the cement shoot hydraulically while able to see everything going on. How do they control things when the cab is at one end and the shoot at the other? Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 They control the boom and cement flow at the rear of the truck like a flatbed tow-truck. I can see why they have it that way up north so they can stay inside witth the heater since it gets balls cold up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 humm looking good but why no drains,and no water or pluming provisionsfloor drains are a big help , crap does happen you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Anything spilled on the floor gets soaked up (kitty litter or sawdust) swept up and disposed of instead of being washed down a drain into my yard. If I someday decide I need running water to the shop in the winter months it will involve about a 100 foot long 3 foot deep trench. An insulated box and wall penetration rather than running pipes through concrete is a simple solution for retrofitting a winter water supply. In the summer it involves a 100' long garden hose. I could have a 625 square foot shop with full plumbing, or a 1300 square foot shop and walk 100' when I need to wash up or take a dump I picked the larger shop. Keith PS: Fire extinguishers are a must without running water, and I will minimize "hot work" for the three months out of the year that a garden hose is not available. Edited July 21, 2012 by Threedoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Lookin good! I've only had mine finished for a couple months, and it's already packed full...I need a bigger one LOL. I had the concrete guys plumb in some water pipes, data cable pipes, and air lines in the concrete. I still have to trench from the hous to the outside egge of the shop and run those lines, but at least I have the sections in the concrete done so all my water lines can stay buried and not freeze in the winter (if it ever gets that cold down here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoor Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Lookin good! I've only had mine finished for a couple months, and it's already packed full...I need a bigger one LOL. I had the concrete guys plumb in some water pipes, data cable pipes, and air lines in the concrete. I still have to trench from the hous to the outside egge of the shop and run those lines, but at least I have the sections in the concrete done so all my water lines can stay buried and not freeze in the winter (if it ever gets that cold down here) Yeah, if I ever decide to do the trenching I will do an insulated box where it comes out of the ground next to my foundation up to a wall penetration. Just build a 3 foot cube of plywood around the pipe, put a small low power strip of heat trace around the pipe, and blow high density closed cell foam into the cube Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer_amx Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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