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Monday, February 5, 2018

Getting the Metal and Prepping & Pouring the Slab


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It's going to be a busy and productive couple of days.  

First thing this morning we get the metal delivery for the slab:



Then the pest men show up to spray the slab before the concrete gets poured.  This is to protect the building from Florida pests and termites:



And:



They really doused it on so the pad should be well protected.



Meanwhile Mike and I did some yard clean up....something we will be doing on and off for a very long time:



Pulling out a tump with the tractor.  Love that tractor, lol:



 The concrete crew shows up to put down the plastic and the metal and at the same time our trusses show up.

A little early but better than late:




The concrete company starts out by laying plastic over the entire slab:



Then they add the metal grid to beef up the concrete:


And:




They are done for the day and ready to pour tomorrow:




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The first concrete truck is here and one of the crew is working on the footers:


Spreading it out:




One truck is empty:


Time to level off that section until the next truck arrives:





Second truck in and poured.  Time to use the float and spread it out:




Mike putting in the anchor bolts to secure the frame to the concrete:



Using the trowel machine to finish and smooth:


Almost done:



We now have a slab.  Tomorrow they will come back to cut the expansion lines....then it;s time for Mike and I to get to work on building:




Next up....getting trailers moved closer to the slab and getting lumber to begin the building.

3 comments:

  1. So glad to see your newest project. I was using Firefox as my browser and it wasnt sending notices of your updates. Then I switched to Opera two weeks ago and the updates started showing up. I loved, love, love the way you photograph every step and include details as well. TFW46

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