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Pumping Concrete to Make a Floor

Bob meets Mike Walker the concrete finisher who is pouring a concrete floor. What is very interesting about this project is that the concrete will be pumped into the house with a concrete pump truck. The concrete finishers have to add a mixture of Bentonite and water to the pump lines so the concrete will flow freely.

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Pumping Concrete to Make a Floor

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" Before any of the concrete starts coming through the proper. They had a mixture of about a tablespoon of bentonite that type of play mixed with water. Which creates this this slimy liquid and is that goes through all the policy that'll make. The concrete below through they're very real and this will be job will be going on all new line."

" Now I'm standing in the area of the basement where all of the plumbing pipes that were relayed last week come together and you can see the the the gravel that was put into the trenches right under our. Our moisture barrier and of course -- this cast iron piping. Was laid to take the waste pipes run the new bathroom locations as well of the kitchen and everything leads back out here. To the street. But right now let's look up over here with Mike Walker who is in charge of the crew that stuff. Putting the concrete down they might here in the area with a which is going to be my woodworking shop. And so. Qualities PVC pipes that stem through. -- for the different -- will have a yes oddest collection system but let me ask you about some of the work that's already been done here like."

" Around every one of these structural clear. What is this material that you wrap around repeated this expansion material and what would the ordinance. My greatest -- and contract with the can we do is coming up of flexibility here that would prevent some of the cracking exactly OK and don't need to put wire reinforcing which. Adding a slab on top of the flat -- like -- really because this. Very going into the subfloor no credit that'll take all the threats yet the committee level that. And also put the mixed with the PSI of the we have the 2000 the F -- that was that that. Getting there okay."

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