Hi Archie The thickness of concrete you are going to put down is six inches, you can cut your concrete costs by reducing this to three or if you like four inches.
I have just put down an area of 44 x 18 feet which is four inches thick but has reinforcing mesh in the middle . Since then we have had a small tip truck full of enriched soil and a two ton four wheel drive run over this area with no undue effects. What you r proposing is six inches you could run an army tank over that with no undue effect. What you should do is get some crushed rock we call this out here road base, build this under the area you are going to concrete thus cutting your costs by reducing the thickness significantly. If you do not want it to crack use reinforcing mesh in this area but for just pedestrian traffic there is no need. Ray From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of eastwinddancer Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 1:59 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] concrete slab Hi All, I just finished a wheelchair ramp, for my wife. Now I need to put a concrete pad at the bottom it will be 6" thick by 4' by 3'. This is my first concrete project ever, I got fiber reinforced concrete for extra strength. Any suggestions will be great, thanks. Also, a while back I asked about wheelbarrow options and got some ideas, thanks for that. I went with the wagon and it works great. Thanks to all who helped. Great group. Have a good day! Archie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
