30'x54' Structure-Upstate NY

[BananaHammock]

Gotter' going and I'm already into a heap of issues. No. 1 is I broke a rib the other day just when I needed my body to produce the most output. Now I'm staring at a month of convalescence. The winter is closing in and I gotta do a concrete pour before the cold weather hits. Too many issues to relate and man I could use someone to tell me to throw the towel in.

 

[n20junkie]

I have a foundation, and walls up.

I may tyvek and plastic wrap the inside and roof in the spring. In NY we never know when weather will turn for the worst.

 

[UpstateNY]

Gotter' going and I'm already into a heap of issues. No. 1 is I broke a rib the other day just when I needed my body to produce the most output. Now I'm staring at a month of convalescence. The winter is closing in and I gotta do a concrete pour before the cold weather hits. Too many issues to relate and man I could use someone to tell me to throw the towel in.

If you're going to add radiant heat, then no worries. Install it before the pour, fire it up, do the pour, no worries about cold weather. I poured in Feb when it was 10 degrees F, floor is crack free and smooth as a babies **** after 3 years.

 

[matt_i]

You can hire a crew to do the pour. But moving that heavy mud around, yourself, when you can barely move isn't going to happen. The problem that I see is contractors are racing against the same clock to make their money before the season ends.

Best advice is to get it Ready. And when i say Ready, I mean the crew shows up at 6:45 and is ready to pour with the first truck at 7am. Forms oiled, lines snapped, all the blockouts and forms done, laser level waiting with fresh batteries*. In my experience they will take a 1 day cash job over a 2-3 day prep+pour job that nets them less money.

* my batts went dead right at the start of the pour requiring some nascar driving to get spares.

 

[Empty Pockets]

I'm up near Lake Ontario. A friend built a garage / shop. Heated it, poured in the dead of winter, several years later it was still smooth and no cracks.

Good luck healing that rib

 

[jwh]

In NY we never know when weather will turn for the worst.

Ain't that the truth!

John

 

[jives]

Ain't that the truth!

John

Ayupp.

 

[Crusarius]

For sure. I would offer to help but I am no concrete guy.