Now is time for some panicky wait time. I’m really hoping I did not forget anything critical. If everything goes to plan we’ll be 4 to man the gigantic pump I requested and reel the cement mix in place. I have some shovels, rakes and I rented a vibrating ruler to help the finish.

weather is back to seasonal normals at around 25 after too many weeks over 30+.

Still I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting something.

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[–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    Make sure to add those pizza topper looking things to keep the metal held up in place when the concrete is poured.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Like the outrageously priced cement cast thingy I added everywhere under the mesh? It’s like cement snake thingies 2 inches high, 4 feet long. I laid down like 60.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Oh nice that's what those are? Nice!!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

    €240 of them yeah :(

    They showup better with the night mode;

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    They just make sure the metal meshing stays in the middle of the slab and doesn't go straight to the bottom. Also they go sssSsSSSsssss.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    The mesh should be about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom, not in the middle. The point of the reinforcement is to resist tensile stress, and the stress in the middle is 0.

    Tensile stress increases linearly to the bottom of the slab, but you can't put the metal all the way at the bottom because you need enough concrete under it to embed it properly.

    (I realize you probably didn't mean "middle" literally, but just in case...)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Don’t forget to hide something cool in pour for someone to find in the future.

    Get a little Han Solo action figure from Amazon or something.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Now that's a fun one :) I'm definitively putting something in there now. I'll shove a mini or something in a small section of conduit I have left over and put it in.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Be nice and buy a case of water or if you want to be fancy Gatorade/poweraid for the workers. It won't help the concrete directly but being nice to workers typically means they will go the extra bit to make it actually nice instead of the minimum.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    It won’t help the concrete directly but being nice to workers typically means they will go the extra bit to make it actually nice instead of the minimum.

    Ho for sure I'll have water, various drinks, beers and french frises for everyone when it's over :)

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