Pike2350
Registered User
- Location
- Salt Lake City
Your contractor sounds much better then mine. My house addition is 3 -4 months in and still jo exterior framing....but hey they just demo'd our kitchen and living room on Wed.
Nate’s longterm tiny shop build
- Thread starter N-Smooth
- Start date
Yeah this is just the concrete part so far. I’m not sure when I’m going to spring for the actual building. I’m keen on a healthy savings acct with the way things are going right meow.
STAG
On my grind
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
GingerJew
Borrowed my neighbor’s mini ex for a few holes today. It was glorious!
Then I got the conduit all routed and partially buried. Also got a pipe routed under where the walkway will be for the drip line. Little stuff like that should pay off.
The guys should be back-filling on Monday or Tuesday. Exciting!!!
Then I got the conduit all routed and partially buried. Also got a pipe routed under where the walkway will be for the drip line. Little stuff like that should pay off.
The guys should be back-filling on Monday or Tuesday. Exciting!!!
Pops ran by again after the workers finished up for the day. It’s looking money!
I have some concerns where a couple of those stakes were driven- right by my sprinkler main- but that’s only because I had two sprinkler lines hit by those at my last house. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
I have some concerns where a couple of those stakes were driven- right by my sprinkler main- but that’s only because I had two sprinkler lines hit by those at my last house. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Pike2350
Registered User
- Location
- Salt Lake City
Just curious but why no form work to put concrete right outside the man door? Not planning on it there?
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Gravel. It’s a parts/E-bike washout area.
In between the patio and the shop will be bushes and crap. We decided to just do a paver or flagstone there for the sake of making drip lines and whatnot easier to run right there. If we don’t like it we’ll do concrete there later.
Edit: also if it’s anything like my main garage, the overhead door will be open all the effing time so I don’t plan on using the woman door (down with the patriarchy) much.
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rholbrook
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Kaysville, Ut
This is exciting
Jesser04
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Kaysville Utah
Looking smooth.
The contractor brought out a couple guys before the pour this AM to dig out the future “gazebo/pergola” footings since they forgot while I was out of town.
Then the city inspector came and was like "why did you need an inspection for this?" and I was like THAT'S BEEN MY QUESTION THIS WHOLE TIME! We agreed that the requirement was silly and these footings were overkill for bolting a freaking structure to it. Either way he was nice and passed it so I didn’t soap box.
Then the boom pump truck showed up and the guy said the truck won’t reach the patio without parking partially in the driveway. I was like cool that’ll definitely crack my concrete or sink it but they assured me it won’t. I’m skeptical and my blood pressure is still up there from it but it is what it is. I’m just glad they asked.
Then the madness started. I’m really impressed with these guys. They work fast and really efficiently. Always getting around each other and all doing their part.
This is where we’re at now. I saw the guys out there huddled around measuring stuff and calculating. The contractor called me out and asked if we wanted diamonds or some design because the guys wanted to do it. I said go for it since they’re excited about doing it. Hopefully I like the finished product, breaking up all the concrete seems like a good idea.
The shop floor is looking GLASSY!
Then the city inspector came and was like "why did you need an inspection for this?" and I was like THAT'S BEEN MY QUESTION THIS WHOLE TIME! We agreed that the requirement was silly and these footings were overkill for bolting a freaking structure to it. Either way he was nice and passed it so I didn’t soap box.
Then the boom pump truck showed up and the guy said the truck won’t reach the patio without parking partially in the driveway. I was like cool that’ll definitely crack my concrete or sink it but they assured me it won’t. I’m skeptical and my blood pressure is still up there from it but it is what it is. I’m just glad they asked.
Then the madness started. I’m really impressed with these guys. They work fast and really efficiently. Always getting around each other and all doing their part.
This is where we’re at now. I saw the guys out there huddled around measuring stuff and calculating. The contractor called me out and asked if we wanted diamonds or some design because the guys wanted to do it. I said go for it since they’re excited about doing it. Hopefully I like the finished product, breaking up all the concrete seems like a good idea.
The shop floor is looking GLASSY!
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
No rebar?
I've heard of concrete guys using fiber impregnated mud now days that takes care of the cracking / load issues... not sure if that's the case here but it seems to be common lately. I dunno. I'm also concrete-tarded
Nah, not for a patio. I know a lot of people go either way on that. I’m not worried about it.
Can confirm, my neighbor works for Geneva Rock and threw a couple bags of the fiberglass stuff in his mix. His concrete is fuzzy so that’s different.
STAG
On my grind
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
Fiberglass strands absolutely help with strength, but definitely are not a substitution for rebar.
Oddly enough they even manufacture a 100% fiberglass rebar these days. No corrosion like steel.
I probably would have rebar’ed this project if it were me, but not a requirement here as long as the backfill was compacted well.