Recent content by StefanNH

@rmack898 Wow thank you that picture was helpful in more ways then one. I have the same slab style as you with the thickened edges and the 4 ft blocks for the columns. What size mesh did you use?

Yeah all bolted. The welded option was slightly cheaper but I wanted to do it myself and didn't want the headache.

I've taken your advice before, and I'm glad I did because it saved me a huge headache. The broker told me to I'd be fine unloading the building with my tractor. You recommended getting something bigger. I ended up borrowing my neighbors front loader with forks and that was able to unload the...

Mistakes happen, but I'm definitely trying to avoid something like that. It's not gunna be a good day if I have to bring the torch out.

I just got off the phone with the engineer who put together the plans, he said that epoxy would be fine if the holes were at the same depth as he specified for the L bolts. It might be easier to measure and drill the holes afterwards. One less thing to worry about with the pour.

My original plan was to 3D print some fixtures to hold them, and hold them off the ground with some rebar.

Yes I will be putting it up myself.

For those of you who have a red iron steel building, how did you set your anchor bolts? I was planning on making a fixture to hold them in position and have the concrete guys pour around it. The concrete guys want to wet set them, which I am a little skeptical of considering there's a short...

Must have been a miscommunication, you guys convinced me to NOT to worry about it and place my vapor barrier underneath the foam.

Thanks for all the responses, with all the money on the line I tend to go off the deep end trying sure things are done right! In other words I'm going to stick to my original plan.

I wouldn't want to make a "vapor barrier sandwich" because the foam needs to breath one way or another, whether its through the ground or the slab. Still begs the question, are people tying PEX to their rebar?

Were I work now the floor tends to get greasy and covered in solvents, I'm sure to dissolve the entirety of the 800cu ft of foam I need it would take many barrels of solvent, but I still think a small leak around one of the load supporting columns could cause some significant degradation.

I'm pouring a 40x60 frost protected monolithic slab, which includes 3 inches of EPS foam under the concrete to prevent the subgrade from freezing and heaving. My original plan was to first install the vapor barrier, then the foam, then staple to PEX directly to the foam board. But after...

With what I'm paying for this concrete anything with tracks is riding on boards!!

These are the drains my concrete mason recommended: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Polylok-PL-90860-4-Heavy-Duty-Channel-Trench-Drain-with-Grate-Black They are going to exit out the bottom through 4" SCH 40 PVC then out to daylight. I am going to try and avoid driving over them with anything...