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The pad has been in place for several months. Been rained on quite a bit and sun baked, horses run on it as well as my vehicles and other things i drag across it. How long would you say that it takes for it to become naturally compacted.

Very nice. Did you do the footings because of the slope or because of the clay?

Great information. Thanks guys. Yes, I plan to hire a crew to do the pour. I have done enough reading to know that i cannot do that my self and and "another guy". I have a cheap laser level but it doesn't work too well. I'm going to see if i can make a water level.

Here's an idea of what i have for a pad. The blue marks show about where the edge of slab will be. I plan to do a monolithic slab with 12" - 18" footings. I just want o verify that it's ok to build on a pad like this providing that the soil is compacted sufficiently...

Im on Red Clay.

Gotcha. I'm in a slope so I don't think that will be an issue. As far as compaction goes, he drove a large bobcat around on it for a while. I also let it get wet and then drove my suburban around on it. It's fairly tough know and the only thing I can hardly drive into it is 1/4" rebar.

Thanks. I put my location in my profile. This may seem like a dumb question but I have see this often but what exactly do you mean when you say "get water under it"?

Hello. I've purchased a 30x40 mueller building and and trying to get a slab done. I had someone lined up to do the slab and it fell through. I contacted a few others and they either would not call me back, or just high bid it. It seems that everyone is doing commercial work and no one really...