House Notes

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.
• 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.