Decided to build a garage. Now the fun begins.

[62barsoom]

SVA this hoist rig I put in the pole barn sure helps. Rails, mounts, and trolley are all Unistrut. China hoist rated at 880 lbs in a sling. An epoxy floor paint makes keeping houses awfully easy. The stuff from Lowe's help up well for me. I didn't read the whole post, forgive me if someone already mentioned these points.

 

[Supercharged111]

Yes fibermesh is always a great idea. The best is to use fibermesh with rebar that way you have the crack resistance of the fibermesh with the settling/separation resistance of the rebar.

Is this necessary for a basement slab too? Or just one that gets driven on and lifts installed?

 

[jaybee]

I don't have a garage currently, due to a move for employment, but I had a 28' x 30', 3 bay garage with floors of 4,000psi fiber mesh concrete. It held up very well, could barely chip it with a hammer. I put concrete sealer on it, but I really should have gone with an epoxy coating. The lighter color would have made the most of the lights.

 

[Rock Hard Concrete]

Is this necessary for a basement slab too? Or just one that gets driven on and lifts installed?

Typically basement floors are not subject to freeze/thaw and since they are surrounded by the foundation they usually stay in place. We still use rebar and dowel into the foundation to prevent settling. Fibermesh is also inexpensive insurance but pretty unnecessary in a basement floor.

 

[62barsoom]

Here's a 5 page pdf about the concrete pour for launch pad 37b at Cape Canaveral. Pretty interesting reading.
Preparing for - Concrete Construction https://www.concreteconstruction.net/_view-object?id=00000153-8c45-dbf3-a177-9c7d3ae00000

 

[62barsoom]

Once you have the forms up bury a street 90° with a lighty attached cap for the sink drain. Do one for the water coming in as well. You can then dig them up later. A small on demand water heater would be nice and not take up a lot of space. You may also want a hose bib, If you decide to do it later it'll be easy. You could have a dry well for that sink.

 

[BuiltToWork]

I am sorry I am not in your area. We would have had this taken care of for you in a couple of weeks, properly. A couple of notes since I haven't been keeping up on the thread,

@Rock Hard Concrete
Did you ever do work in Quincey, at the Microsoft Facility? Your logo rings a bell.

 

[South VA]

A brief progress update. The stump hole was dug out and backfilled with rock. It took two full loads.

They’re going to finish digging the footers today, and come back Thursday to finish building the forms.

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They were hoping to pour on Thursday, but rain tomorrow will make it difficult for the concrete truck to get in here (and out) on Thursday, so they will pour on Monday. Which is fine with me. No sense hurrying.

 

[BuiltToWork]

A brief progress update. The stump hole was dug out and backfilled with rock. It took two full loads.

They’re going to finish digging the footers today, and come back Thursday to finish building the forms.

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They were hoping to pour on Thursday, but rain tomorrow will make it difficult for the concrete truck to get in here (and out) on Thursday, so they will pour on Monday. Which is fine with me. No sense hurrying.

Progress!

 

[BuiltToWork]

A brief progress update. The stump hole was dug out and backfilled with rock. It took two full loads.

They’re going to finish digging the footers today, and come back Thursday to finish building the forms.

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They were hoping to pour on Thursday, but rain tomorrow will make it difficult for the concrete truck to get in here (and out) on Thursday, so they will pour on Monday. Which is fine with me. No sense hurrying.

Don't forget to do some quick stub outs after they form but before they pour.