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Pouring a Concrete Slab

Phil Truit pours a concrete slab in an existing house.

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" Alright. That was------ We've got all that concrete just surging in through the pipe. What's the total yardage that's going in here? We better get out of their way."

" Close to, close to 60 Bob. In fact, we have more than half of it down now----"

" Yes."

" so, we're approaching 40 to 45 yards right now."

" So that will ensure depth of about 6 inches throughout the whole area, right?"

" Right."

" Okay. Now, why do we have these depressions? Right here, you can see all of a sudden it goes down."

" Well, these are thickened slabs, footings and there'll be supporting walls that will go up to the bottom of the structure. We also have a column that will come up and catch the------"

" Okay. So in------"

" soil out of this hole."

" in a small house construction, you might pour small tabs first for the Lally columns------"

" Exactly."

" before you put your slab in. That's what this is for."

" Exactly. Exactly."

" Hey, I noticed this under, under all the joints you've got like this big saucer."

" Yes, that's a sled, Bob and the reason for this is to make the hoes more manageable and also to keep the coupling from catching on the wire [unk] ."

" I hear you. I hear you. So we've got, pre, preset positions everywhere where you've got piping coming through."

" That's correct."

" And what's that for?"

" This is for our bathroom. These are our waste line and waterlines for our bathroom. You'll see some of the rough end for your conduit and hopefully they're all in the right place------"

" Right."

" and they don't get banged around------"

" Right."

" and move the hoes away."

" Now, this is a, this is a good thing to look at cause the important thing with the reinforcing wires that it not be buried down at the bottom of the floor."

" That's correct and this should be out more or less in the middle of the floor and that's what this gentleman is doing here and making sure that we have good reinforcing to minimize cracking once the concrete sets up."

" Yes. Now, way in the back, they're just turning to put a screed down, aren't they?"

" Yes. Yes, they're gonna go ahead and float this out and trying to achieve consistency with the expansion joint that you see around here, so we can keep the floor nice and level and they'll checked periodically with the laser."

" So this, this expansion joint, it's all over the perimeter, acts as a top line."

" That's correct."

" For the, for the pour."

" That's correct."

" And when you say he's screeding, he is using that long straight edge, that's the screed."

" Is there a, a level attached to that, or do you have a laser some place?"

" No, we have a laser sitting over in the corner."

" Oh There it is right over there. Yes."

" Yes. They'll check it periodically with their rod and to make sure that we keep consistency. to the slab itself."

" We better back off. They're starting to pour it right in front of us there."

" Right."

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