Ok here is the official start to my oven. I posted a couple of pics a while ago but I decided for a new thread to keep in line with what others have done.
I am fortunate enough to have a brother in law with some equipment (bobcat and a plate compactor) who came over and did the excavation and left me the compactor to use. Wish he had a cement truck!
The soil in my yard is quite sandy so we just took the topsoil off and then I added a few truck loads of granular A. I took a couple of laps around the pad each time I put 6-8 inches of gravel to get it good and solid. In total I have 16-18 inches of granular with plenty of sand below it. With the frost we get in my neck of the woods I definitly need the ground around the slab to be free of water when winter comes.
The photo's don't show it very well but the form is above grade by a couple of inches. I used some spare 2X6 across the top to keep it square when I move it around and stake it.
Yes that is my garden in the background! When people ask me why my garden is so big I tell them that " when you rent a tiller from home depot for 4 hours and you have an italian wife, she wants you to use it until it runs out of gas or you run out of time." Heaven forbid that it go back to HD with some gas in it or 20 minutes left on the clock
Cheers, John
I am fortunate enough to have a brother in law with some equipment (bobcat and a plate compactor) who came over and did the excavation and left me the compactor to use. Wish he had a cement truck!
The soil in my yard is quite sandy so we just took the topsoil off and then I added a few truck loads of granular A. I took a couple of laps around the pad each time I put 6-8 inches of gravel to get it good and solid. In total I have 16-18 inches of granular with plenty of sand below it. With the frost we get in my neck of the woods I definitly need the ground around the slab to be free of water when winter comes.
The photo's don't show it very well but the form is above grade by a couple of inches. I used some spare 2X6 across the top to keep it square when I move it around and stake it.
Yes that is my garden in the background! When people ask me why my garden is so big I tell them that " when you rent a tiller from home depot for 4 hours and you have an italian wife, she wants you to use it until it runs out of gas or you run out of time." Heaven forbid that it go back to HD with some gas in it or 20 minutes left on the clock
Cheers, John
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