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I filled and compacted that small triangular area with dirt, layed some rebars, and poured concrete today. It took about nine-90 lb bags of concrete mix to fill that 16 sq/ft area 4-5 inches deep and used my new mixer for the first time. What a time saver, that little mixer mixed 3 bags at a time, and I was able to pour concrete directly from the mixer like a wheelbarrow.
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Like the mixer.Joe
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Thanks, I'm glad I got that particular mixer. I can easily maneuver the thing even with almost 300 lbs of concrete in it.
I'm having serious second thoughts about suspending the slabs in the other two areas. A few people have advised me against doing this due to safety issues and also the added cost of materials, especially all the additional rebars required to reinforce the slabs if suspended.
Perhaps I should just order a truckload of fill and get this area over and done with so I can move on to next area.
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Originally posted by ThisOldGarageNJ View Postkeep picking up those 15$ pallets at home depot ......
Originally posted by ThisOldGarageNJ View Postalmost forgot... You can cut up the giant bathtub thing and throw it in there too !!!!!
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I thought that thing was supposed to become a storage shed?"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot[/CENTER]
"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal." -Mike Ditka
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It's fiberglass, well at least on the inner and outer surfaces, but who knows, it can have some metal reinforcement on the bottom half where it is thicker and double walled.
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Originally posted by Archena View PostI thought that thing was supposed to become a storage shed?
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I'm having serious second thoughts about suspending the slabs in the other two areas. A few people have advised me against doing this due to safety issues and also the added cost of materials, especially all the additional rebars required to reinforce the slabs if suspended.
Just trying to help...
MarkLast edited by ThisOldGarageNJ; 08-16-2010, 05:50 PM.
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Thanks Mark!
I will be suspending the triangular area and see how that goes, labor, time, and material wise.
Yesterday, I framed the interior perimeter of the block walls with PT 2x6's (I've got too many of them laying around everywhere as you know) and secured them with Tapcons. I also erected a single column of blocks, anchored in concrete footing, in the middle of the triangle.
I will add several 2x6 cross braces and then top that whole area with plywood. I will post photos tomorrow.
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