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Pouring the Concrete Foundation

Bob watches as the crew prepares the footings for the greenhouse foundation. John Pratt pours concrete and using a conveyor instead of the traditional pump. Bob and Ryley begin placing the reinforcing rods.

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Pouring the Concrete Foundation

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" I guess the first question is an attic all of the people does it really is as long as above 32 degrees we can do with Greg and what is unusual about this -- we is particular truck we I was. The beer truck which is an alternate pool pump. So it -- the pumping jobs though the contractor will be more cost effective okay. You don't have to bring in effect at a separate pump truck. To move the concrete from the concrete truck. To the site that's right I mean normally just backed the truck up and down that but here we have an unusual situation withers landscaping in place where we don't want to damage the landscaping. And it. Instead of upon we've got this undergo I must admit I've never I used one of these before. Well the unique system and it but it doesn't help getting the material from the truck. To the site without waiting it -- which obviously. He's the integrity. Let's talk about that when you when your pumping the material you have to sometimes add water to it in order to get it to flow that's correct and when you talk about the integrity well that's the strength of the makes what is frightening -- 3000 pound the out. Architect is recommended this for this particular jobs what does that mean 3000 pound 3000 pound PSI at 28 days. Pounds per square inch and it's 28 days though he should be able that -- down 3000 -- repetition of patterns were okay. And it's pretty impressive. So it literally will just be rolling over here on the conveyor belt right good and you've got everything in place for that Iraq. That's going to bring it down it's. Scott lawyer right in here in the Senate section. -- How many yards of concrete and variable drive like an. Eleven them."

" Erratic and again and -- reinforcing -- not strapping on the form work. You know that the strap and a private god when he heard behind that foil backed up not going to be all right we're out that. We'll bat down he had no dialogue how quickly can your deliberate cubic yard out of that bracket. The -- 400 to -- by the government you've got lopped them. We'll. They've got what I -- aggregate what are -- What -- thought that was founded in the next visit requiring no. Out of their -- into the through without -- Don and and the fiasco of the lock that is stalled a lot grade at the F body gets -- where it okay. Though that we had just it can happen on the Vila terrific yeah you get up at 6000 okay. -- next two months."

" All right. We're going to come now available way."

" All right -- the reason for floating it out like this this. This drop some of the water guards and the -- and take on -- high -- high spots and then I -- is let you know a couple of and Tanzania. In the footing for good luck they got a lot -- yet. How many yards that we used up. This visit by the odds that's always deceptive because you think you can get by with a couple yards of concrete and -- putting like this but it. It was -- and I thought -- would well it's it's twelve deep 24 wide that the lot of if you respect -- so what's next well next thing we're doing is put our lines that we had above right down here on to the footings that we can. Properly locate this these these lines referred to the exact location of the foundation wall which of course will also be concrete will be poured. In a few days. We'll -- everything that's don't they can go."

" And many interesting thing is that. With these lines we know exactly where that -- is located. And we can of course when in the reinforcing rods so that they'll be. In the right relationship to that next war. -- OK so the straight lines represent the width of -- foundation wall yet to report and I cut a two foot length and two by four. And a two by force we have benches and the foundation well we'll be seven though the foundation itself will be twelve inches the shelf it's that manage the show office OK so anyway we -- from the outside corner. Over the first one goes right there. That'll be a midpoint. And we in just continue to use this has our. Story pole if you. Does the critical thing -- to get these rebar is so that there in the exact right position to tie into the foundation talked."

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