Since Last week, I added another course of block to bring the level up in relationship to the driveway.
I graded (1/4" per foot) the stone and compacted the stone.
On the side to be insulated I put down a 6 mil vapor barrier. The wind felt great...but was otherwise annoying.
On the side that is not insulated I dug in haunches every 8' or so. The haunches are about 6" deep and 12" wide and create cement "beams" running beneath the garage floor. I ended up pouring a thicker floor, but the idea was the the haunches would give extra strength to a 4" floor.
The doors were formed about of 2x12s and 2x8s.
The 6x6 remesh was laid down over the entire surface and 2 "4 rebar lengths were put in each haunch. In addition, about ever 4', a piece of rebar was drilled into the wall and left to be embedded in the slab.
Concrete day!
The first truck arrived and it was really nice to see so much work being done so quickly. When you do most of the work yourself, I think it gives you a much higher appreciation for when other people are doing the work.
The first half was completed and bull-floated (that's the tool with the really long pole).
Allie took advantage of a lull in the action to come and check things out.
Once the second truck had unloaded, 3 of the 5 guys left. The remaining 2 did the hand trowel and power trowel work.
Silas and Allie stamped the job.
A few hours later all the troweling was done. Very nice. The slab ended up being close to 6" thick and used 15 cu. yds of 4000psi concrete.
It was a beautiful day to be outside working. The lumber and trusses are both on-order. Lumber should be here next Thurs and I hope to have some photos of walls for you soon after.
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