House Notes
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Basement:
1. clean out
2. tear up floor
redo walls
refinish brick:
redo floor:
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0pcTkCIWE
dig basement
- extra steps
- hung furnace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuIy5h3qqlE
pour floor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8cqLR3kFgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvm8v2KXIGo
Floor Pooring
- dimple board on wall first.
- trench
- french drain
- release hole
- gravel base
- Leveling laser, 2X4 board to get gravel level.
- Level the 2X4s first then pour the gravel.
- Leveling laser, 2X4 board to get gravel level.
- tamp
- vapour barrier
- wire mesh
- concrete to wall
- use vertical 2X4 with marks and laser level to get rough floor at correct height.
- also possible: grade stakes: rebar plunge down so tht the top of the rebar is at the desired high, making scree more accurate.
- floats
- surfacer
Topics of note
Concerte tips
dish glovaes for handling.
it's alsalie you don't want o damage your hands.
Concerte surfacer
watco flotop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSloaBk8BM
Concerte slump
How does it hold up or support itself, and flow.
one video talks about a 7 inch slump as being pretty sloppy, high flow.
careful changing slump with water.
references:
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/ready-mix-concrete-ordering-tips-844454
use an add mixture to reduce the amount of water to get more slump.