 Re: Hello from California
Here's an update on my progress. Sorry still no photos, but I will eventually get them up here.
So far, I have completed the foundation slab, 80"x94" x 6" maybe a little deeper. I ended up using 52 80# bags of sacrete that I mixed in a rented mixer. I've never done concrete work before, and it was not as bad as I thought. I think the mixer made a difference though. I can not even imagine mixing the concrete with a shovel.
Now that its dry, I went out and checked it for levelness. Sadly, its not perfect in all spots, and looks homemade, but the spots where I plan to set the blocks down is level. Now that I've finished it, I noticed that alot of the people on this site, put rebar into the slab to secure the block wall. (Man I wish I had done that!) I guess what I will do now, is drill into the concrete and put in some rebar. I think that should still work.
For those of you that have done this work already, I have a question about the insulation slab. I am interested in either using the FB Board, or a refractory type insulation cement, like (Delta Crete 35). Has anyone used either of these products, or at least have an opinion on which method will be best?  |