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Comment: The forms popped right off. The slab turned out great. The rain ledge (across the closest edge) even looks pretty good for an amateur. We put the shovel back to work to widen the walkway area around the slab.
7-28-07 032small * Well, this is the location we have selected. It's adjacent to the launch road and about 100 feet away from the pond. The soil is hundreds of years of dead leaves and roots in topsoil. We can't build on this unstable foundation, so I start pushing the shovel. About 8-10

7-31-07 017small * With the area cleared, we staked in the 2 x 6 forms and laid in the #3 (3/8

7-31-07 037small * We had 3 concrete projects to pour, so we brought in the Ready-mix truck. It was a hot day and by the time we got back to finish this slab, the concrete had already started firming up. I really had to push and wiggle the anchor bolts into the curing concrete. I cut in a rain ledge across the front of the slab where the bottom of the overhead door will seat. We wetted the concrete, covered it with plastic sheeting, and went home. We'll be back in a few days to strip the forms. * 640 x 480 * (82KB)

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8-11-07 005small * Since we are going to be spending time to create a nice rock walkway around the slab, we don't want to have to mess it up later when it's time to bring in the power. A trench is cut and PVC conduit is laid in so the far ends will be beyond the walkway. They are capped and buried as a good idea for sometime in the future. Another PVC leader is buried at the other corner of the walkway area for the Propane gas line. * 640 x 480 * (52KB)

8-11-07 028small * I pre-cut and pre-drilled the 6 x 6 treated timbers in the garage at home. They are labeled and loaded onto the trailer for the trip to the jobsite. The timbers are staked together with timber spikes and then drilled for rebar that is pounded through them and directly into the soil. * 480 x 640 * (68KB)

8-18-07 002small * After the landscape timbers are tied together and staked in as one sturdy unit, we shift to the grade they enclose. We want to allow any water to easily escape the 3 foot wide walkway. The entire walkway is pretty level as it sets, so we set up the laser level and carefully cut a shallow trench right in the center of the walkway. The trench is the the width of a shovel and gently slopes to either side from the center of the back wall, then continues to slope to the front at both sides. Landscape fabric is laid in and 4

8-18-07 055small * This is a pretty good view of the grade that we are working with. The entire landscape slopes down from right/frame to left/frame. This makes sense since it is heading to the pond off to the left about another 100 feet. The trenches we cut into the center of the walkway to house the perforated drainpipe are pretty low at the exit end. It works good, though, because the are between the pipes that is dirt in the photo is at the overhead door and will be completely filled in with river rock. The entire drainage system will be covered with rock. * 640 x 480 * (76KB)

8-18-07 061small * The soil we excavated out of the slab area is worked back to fill in behind the landscape timbers. We dress and slope it so rain water will run down to the outside of the timbers (but not over them) and drain away in either direction. * 640 x 480 * (70KB)

 
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