Re: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
Ray, How many yards of concrete did you have poured? Where you live, do you have to form relief cuts in a slab that size? Is there reinforcement necessary? We couldn't pour anything nearly that size on grade here without it beginning to crack up probably within the first year. - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed. Hi All Well the 44 x 18 concreting slab has been completed yesterday and according to the wife looks great. We will have to wait until it cures before we can inspect it closely but so far so good. The boys are here removing the boards and then I will inspect around the edges. After that I have a lot of work to do removing the piles of soil and levelling off around the slab. We are going to start a new garden from the space left between the slab and the fence so lots to do. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
Dale, same as here in my part of new yYork. the only thing made of concrete that holds up if layed thick enough and with re rods is side walks and years ago it was the fashion to have concrete runners in ones driveway..Lee On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 07:36:42PM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: Ray, How many yards of concrete did you have poured? Where you live, do you have to form relief cuts in a slab that size? Is there reinforcement necessary? We couldn't pour anything nearly that size on grade here without it beginning to crack up probably within the first year. - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed. Hi All Well the 44 x 18 concreting slab has been completed yesterday and according to the wife looks great. We will have to wait until it cures before we can inspect it closely but so far so good. The boys are here removing the boards and then I will inspect around the edges. After that I have a lot of work to do removing the piles of soil and levelling off around the slab. We are going to start a new garden from the space left between the slab and the fence so lots to do. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Historical Slumming: The act of visiting locations such as diners, smokestack industrial sites, rural villages -- locations where time appears to have been frozen many years back -- so as to experience relief when one returns back to the present. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture .
[BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
Hi All Well the 44 x 18 concreting slab has been completed yesterday and according to the wife looks great. We will have to wait until it cures before we can inspect it closely but so far so good. The boys are here removing the boards and then I will inspect around the edges. After that I have a lot of work to do removing the piles of soil and levelling off around the slab. We are going to start a new garden from the space left between the slab and the fence so lots to do. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
Hi Dale First of all they put down what is called road base, which is crushed rock. The whole area had reinforcing mesh with support underneath which are plastic round things which hold up the mesh 2 inches from the bottom. There is expansion joints every 9 feet and expansion joints where it buts onto the existing aprons. All the edges are rounded off so it feels well done. So now we have all the sheds covered in front with a huge cemented area and should now be able to get our caravan into the shed without much difficulty. I cannot tell you how many cubic metres of ready mixed concrete was used but it cost me plenty. Barbara said there was 2 huge trucks of cement came in, I was at work at the time so I left that up to the contractor. This was all about getting the caravan into the shed without having a heart attack. Ray From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 9:37 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed. Ray, How many yards of concrete did you have poured? Where you live, do you have to form relief cuts in a slab that size? Is there reinforcement necessary? We couldn't pour anything nearly that size on grade here without it beginning to crack up probably within the first year. - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed. Hi All Well the 44 x 18 concreting slab has been completed yesterday and according to the wife looks great. We will have to wait until it cures before we can inspect it closely but so far so good. The boys are here removing the boards and then I will inspect around the edges. After that I have a lot of work to do removing the piles of soil and levelling off around the slab. We are going to start a new garden from the space left between the slab and the fence so lots to do. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
Hi Lee The weather is overcast at the moment and we had light rain last night. It is Winter here at the moment so the temperatures are low but if it gets hot I will wet down this area. After everyone is finished with Dan's place come out here and give me a hand with jobs the wife dreams up. You would thing she would go easy on an old bloke but not so. There is a lot of cleaning up with soil around the outsides so plenty of shovelling to do. Regards Ray From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 9:59 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed. is this big slab covered with something Ray or you just going to keep it damp for a few days? Lee On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 09:08:31AM +1000, Ray Boyce wrote: Hi All Well the 44 x 18 concreting slab has been completed yesterday and according to the wife looks great. We will have to wait until it cures before we can inspect it closely but so far so good. The boys are here removing the boards and then I will inspect around the edges. After that I have a lot of work to do removing the piles of soil and levelling off around the slab. We are going to start a new garden from the space left between the slab and the fence so lots to do. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Historical Slumming: The act of visiting locations such as diners, smokestack industrial sites, rural villages -- locations where time appears to have been frozen many years back -- so as to experience relief when one returns back to the present. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Concrete Project Now Completed.
hey ray now you can have one hell of a game of hop scotch jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
