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Larry Hardesty

07-17-2006 07:13:46




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Plans are moving along on the machine shed. Ground is leveled. I plan a shop area that is 32' x 40' with about 5" cement. What to folks recommend for surface preparation prior to pouring concrete, such as vapor barrior, type and thinkness of gravel or sand, etc. Thanks in advance.




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Animal

07-17-2006 12:10:39




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Larry Hardesty, 07-17-2006 07:13:46  
If it was me doing it again now is the time for plastic tubes for water heat in the floor!



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Midwest redneck

07-17-2006 09:05:53




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Larry Hardesty, 07-17-2006 07:13:46  
I had about 8 inches of fill sand used under the crete and I watered the concrete for a few days the next day after the pour.



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Larry Hardesty

07-17-2006 09:08:46




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Midwest redneck, 07-17-2006 09:05:53  
Thanks, Pretty dry here. Did you do anything special to pack down the soil and sand?



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48C-MAN

07-17-2006 10:53:25




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Larry Hardesty, 07-17-2006 09:08:46  
If you did not do it when the fill was brought in a plate compacter works well.



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48C-MAN

07-17-2006 08:46:20




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Larry Hardesty, 07-17-2006 07:13:46  
If putting down Wirsbo foam and vapor barrier, but if just pouring on top of good gravel or sand base nothing needed. If it is as dry around you as it is here water the soil before you pour or you will lose the mud before you get a chance to trowel it.



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Larry Hardesty

07-17-2006 09:06:07




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to 48C-MAN, 07-17-2006 08:46:20  
Yes, pretty dry here in central Nebraska. Thanks



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RustyFarmall

07-17-2006 08:56:34




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to 48C-MAN, 07-17-2006 08:46:20  
A heavy plastic vapor barrier will keep the dry soil from sucking the moisture out of the concrete, giving a much longer period for working the concrete and getting the final finish that you want. The contracter that poured my floor insisted on a vapor barrier, and after seeing the finish that was achieved, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.



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Jimmy King

07-17-2006 12:16:12




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to RustyFarmall, 07-17-2006 08:56:34  
Except in a few extream cases that will also keep your floor from sweating.



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Larry Hardesty

07-17-2006 09:05:19




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to RustyFarmall, 07-17-2006 08:56:34  
Yes, pretty dry here in central Nebraska. What kind of vapor barrier did your contractor put down...and how thick of gravel or sand base? Did he pack it down with anything? Thanks



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RustyFarmall

07-17-2006 10:44:01




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 Re: Machine Shed Floor in reply to Larry Hardesty, 07-17-2006 09:05:19  
Not sure how thick the barrier was, maybe 6 mil? I hired a seperate contractor to level the sight, I told him I wanted a good, firm clay base, and I would pay him to haul in the clay if he knew where to find it. He told me that where I lived, he would guarantee that I already had all the clay needed, he would just have to dig a bit to find it. He did have to dig deeper than he originally thought, but he found it, and when he was done with the sight, it was just like a paved highway. In fact, the truck that delivered the building had to drive over the sight so he could unload on the opposite end, and that fully loaded 18 wheeler did not even leave a mark.

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