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    thickness of concrete slab to weight load?

    you will have to read the manufactuerers specs on that.
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    Epoxy and Tile (Brands+Prices)

    Life Paints http://www.lifepaint.com/ a 1.5 gallon kit covers 200 - 300 sf and is about $99. its industrial strength and has a streghtn over 11,000 psi. concrete is about 3000 psi.
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    finally finished my garage remodel.....

    it leads to a back yard patio I could park a boat or jet skiis or a race car backthere.
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    finally finished my garage remodel.....

    pull down ladder
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    Ceiling joist question

    the calculator used 40 psf live load a 10 dead load - equivalent to a residential floor load (is says floor joist) - so if he uses it for a ceiling joist with light attic storage he will be fine. just make sure if they have any camber to install it up.
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    thickness of concrete slab to weight load?

    one, add a 10 GA welded wire mesh for steel reinforcing in the middle of the slab as you pour it. or #3 repars at 12 iches oc. otherwise 4 inches is fine. since the fountain is 1200 # devided by a 16 square foot footprint your soil pressure is only 75 pounds per square foot - far less than...
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    finally finished my garage remodel.....

    I wish I had time for that - the kitchen is torn up now for a remodel. :(
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    finally finished my garage remodel.....

    thanks - I like that too - paid a little extra to the door installers to poweder coat them first.
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    Concrete experts needed.

    all concrete cracks...... dont worry at all about hairline cracks being structural. control and expansion joints can be sued to limit and control cracking. engineers design concrete on the theory that it will crack. The steel is there to resist any tension and the concrete resists the...
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    I Think I finally found the right epoxy to use

    Life Paints also makes a good product. http://www.lifepaint.com/
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    Epoxy coating my garage floor

    more important than the epoxy you use is the prep work unless your existing concrete is new or very clean, the best method is to have it bead blasted before you pain it.
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    finally finished my garage remodel.....

    drywall, textrure, paint, pull down ladder, lighting and electrical, new doors, pull down ladder, cabinets and bench and epoxy floor. pretty happy with it. :)
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