pouring a basement floor....need help
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08-08-03, 07:14 AM
pouring a basement floor....need help
DIY'ers,
Building my brothers house and we are getting ready to pour the basement in the next couple of weeks. Just wondering if anyone had any tips/advice to make things easier. We have poured a few slabs before, but nothing this big and nothing that had walls butting up to it. Some immediate questions I can think of are...
How/which is the best way to slope the concrete to the sump pit? How much of a slope?
How can you actually keep the concrete at the slope you desire without running string?
The floor we are pouring will be about 70' long by 35' wide. ALso, I came across info that said to put some visquine(sp?) between the gravel and the concrete. I've never heard this before, what should we do?? Thank you,
Ron
Building my brothers house and we are getting ready to pour the basement in the next couple of weeks. Just wondering if anyone had any tips/advice to make things easier. We have poured a few slabs before, but nothing this big and nothing that had walls butting up to it. Some immediate questions I can think of are...
How/which is the best way to slope the concrete to the sump pit? How much of a slope?
How can you actually keep the concrete at the slope you desire without running string?
The floor we are pouring will be about 70' long by 35' wide. ALso, I came across info that said to put some visquine(sp?) between the gravel and the concrete. I've never heard this before, what should we do?? Thank you,
Ron
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08-18-03, 08:47 PM
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You can go with 1/4 " per foot pitch, mark the block walls with the slope you want to follow. measure at each end the snap a chalk line and then mark it two inches above that line so it will be easier to see later on when the concrete starts flowing in.
Visquine is a vapor barrior (plastic) 6mils is the standard
Visquine is a vapor barrior (plastic) 6mils is the standard
