Tom Kochtanek
06-24-2005, 06:43 PM
For about a month I've been waiting for the concrete guys to set the forms on the foundation/footers they poured weeks ago. It looks as if it finally is going to happen :).
Unfortuntely I am 1000 miles away for the next three weeks, doing a Visiting Professor stint at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill :(. My son sent me this pic of the forms being set up yesterday afternoon, and hopefully by now they're done the pour and got it square and level :). Maybe it's better that I'm out of town now, so I don't get anally involved in matters I have little experience :).
I left instructions for the 19 year old to waterproof the walls once the forms a re stripped, and to begin the laying of the perforated drain tiles (4" black plastic pipes with slits in it, and a "sock" around it) on the outside perimeter of the structure. We are not pouring the slab for a while (still considering radiant heat) but plans are also to run drain tile on the INSIDE perimeter, running that into a sump pump. I did this on the addition I build onto my house and was surprised to note just how much moisture exists underneath those inside walls. We plan to backfill with 1" clean rock to allow water a place to permeate and collect, using the drain tiles to cary it off site. Hope it all works!
It's nice to be away for a while, but I miss "playing" with the 409 project in the evenings. When I return I hope to be able to spend more time on assembly of the front clip and the trim work. Need to install the interior (already covered and ready) as well. Results should be dramatic!
Hopefully in the coming months I will be able to frame the shell of the Manshed and get her under roof. Then I'll have a private place to work on the cars, while I continue advancing the various building projects. I like to keep busy :).
Cheers!
TomK
Unfortuntely I am 1000 miles away for the next three weeks, doing a Visiting Professor stint at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill :(. My son sent me this pic of the forms being set up yesterday afternoon, and hopefully by now they're done the pour and got it square and level :). Maybe it's better that I'm out of town now, so I don't get anally involved in matters I have little experience :).
I left instructions for the 19 year old to waterproof the walls once the forms a re stripped, and to begin the laying of the perforated drain tiles (4" black plastic pipes with slits in it, and a "sock" around it) on the outside perimeter of the structure. We are not pouring the slab for a while (still considering radiant heat) but plans are also to run drain tile on the INSIDE perimeter, running that into a sump pump. I did this on the addition I build onto my house and was surprised to note just how much moisture exists underneath those inside walls. We plan to backfill with 1" clean rock to allow water a place to permeate and collect, using the drain tiles to cary it off site. Hope it all works!
It's nice to be away for a while, but I miss "playing" with the 409 project in the evenings. When I return I hope to be able to spend more time on assembly of the front clip and the trim work. Need to install the interior (already covered and ready) as well. Results should be dramatic!
Hopefully in the coming months I will be able to frame the shell of the Manshed and get her under roof. Then I'll have a private place to work on the cars, while I continue advancing the various building projects. I like to keep busy :).
Cheers!
TomK