New Workshop - progress, finally

[DAB]

they spent the last week or so bringing good fill, compacting it, leveling it, and today they are digging the footers. they may look shallow, but the footers will be 24" tall, the pad is 19" thick, with rebar top and bottom of pad. they'll backfill against the foundation once the forms are removed for thermal insulation protection. about 50 yards of concrete are planned.

view from NW corner.

hmmm....can't post pic....BRB...

[Sea Six]

[NeedSpeed]

Originally Posted by Sea Six

[DAB]

try again.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Sea Six

it's DSL, it's like Ford, i'm doing the best i can with what i have available....

[Cybercowboy]

19". I can't even.

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

19". I can't even.

Crazy!!! I think the thickest slab I have heard of is used in parking garages which is 8-12" deep.

[Cybercowboy]

Ship's Log, Star Date 24.102.39

It has been over 9,000,000 orbits of the third planet in the Sol system since all life was extinguished during the Hax invasion of 2194. 64 symmetrically placed antimatter planet busters were placed precisely by the Hax AI, at a precisely determined altitude of 6000 meters above sea level. The entire planet was scoured with the heat of the center of a sun.

Our current survey has found few remaining structures from that time. There is some remains of what was a bunker of some sort in the mountains of what used to be North America. It was some sort of nuclear weapon command center, its name lost in the mists of time. A similar sort of remains was found in the steppes of what was known as Asia in those times. Interestingly, in the southwest corner of the North American landmass, there is a small rectangular structure approximately 0.5 meters thick, purpose unknown.

[LATB]

Love it. Look forward to the progress pics.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Ship's Log, Star Date 24.102.39

It has been over 9,000,000 orbits of the third planet in the Sol system since all life was extinguished during the Hax invasion of 2194. 64 symmetrically placed antimatter planet busters were placed precisely by the Hax AI, at a precisely determined altitude of 6000 meters above sea level. The entire planet was scoured with the heat of the center of a sun.

Our current survey has found few remaining structures from that time. There is some remains of what was a bunker of some sort in the mountains of what used to be North America. It was some sort of nuclear weapon command center, its name lost in the mists of time. A similar sort of remains was found in the steppes of what was known as Asia in those times. Interestingly, in the southwest corner of the North American landmass, there is a small rectangular structure approximately 0.5 meters thick, purpose unknown.

Further ground inspection of the area shows the organic remains of what scientists believe was about 50 tons of sawdust in the areas surrounding the slab. This raises more questions than it answers, because it appears to be from a wide variety of wood, some not even known to be native to this continent.

[09SilverC6]

hope to see future progress pictures, looks like its going to be a nice project!!

[Bill]

I don't see the plumbing for the wet bar. There will be a wet bar, right?

[09SilverC6]

Originally Posted by kingpin

Crazy!!! I think the thickest slab I have heard of is used in parking garages which is 8-12" deep.

my footers are always in the range of 12" to 14" and we have some real bad dirt here in colorado

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by 34redrage

my footers are always in the range of 12" to 14" and we have some real bad dirt here in colorado

Footers, sure. But 19" of slab? OK, I promise not to mention this again DAB. It's just incredible to me. I think my slab is 6" with 8" in the garage. Footers are substantial though. We actually freeze/thaw here too.

[NeedSpeed]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Ship's Log, Star Date 24.102.39

It has been over 9,000,000 orbits of the third planet in the Sol system since all life was extinguished during the Hax invasion of 2194. 64 symmetrically placed antimatter planet busters were placed precisely by the Hax AI, at a precisely determined altitude of 6000 meters above sea level. The entire planet was scoured with the heat of the center of a sun.

Our current survey has found few remaining structures from that time. There is some remains of what was a bunker of some sort in the mountains of what used to be North America. It was some sort of nuclear weapon command center, its name lost in the mists of time. A similar sort of remains was found in the steppes of what was known as Asia in those times. Interestingly, in the southwest corner of the North American landmass, there is a small rectangular structure approximately 0.5 meters thick, purpose unknown.

[lspencer534]

I will never see the need for a 19" slab.

[Czarvette]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Philip Papadopoulos) writes:

> How thick is the average concrete runway that is capable of handling
> "heavies" (e.g. 747,767, MD-11, L1011, AB300, etc.)?

The stress imparted to a runway is a function of, among others, strut load,
number of tires per strut, tire spacing, tire size, and even tire pressure.

Here are some numbers from Lockheed's "Landing Gear Design Handbook" (1982):

Aircraft Gross Weight Concrete Thickness at Static Load
Type (lbs) for Unlimited Operation (in)

747 775000 12.8
C-5 769000 10.0
L1011 410000 11.9
C-141 316000 12.3
707 297000 11.3

see http://www.kls2.com/cgi-bin/arcfetch...chicago.com%3E

[Stevedore]

Is the plan still for 25' x 50'? If so, I think a 19" thick slab is going to need a lot over 50 yds of concrete for just the slab, not counting the footings.

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by Stevedore

Is the plan still for 25' x 50'? If so, I think a 19" thick slab is going to need a lot over 50 yds of concrete for just the slab, not counting the footings.

I calculate almost 100 yards.

[DAB]

i only know what they tell me.