Pouring the floor 3

The finished product with the forms removed.


A different angle.

Pouring the floor 2

The first 10 yards of concrete did one full bay and the first part of another. Jim estimated 25 yards for the entire pour.



Jim's son using a bull float.




This is Jim using a power trowel. Jim has all of the right equipment.





Power troweling while two people work the edges and around the tie down bolts.

Pouring the floor 1

Prepping for the pour. There are 30 pins in the floor that I placed to hold down a 2 by 10 that will sit under the "bent".




8:00 AM and the first 10 yards of concrete arrives. Everything was ready. A friend recommended this concrete contractor. His name is Jim Mong and he is a real professional. Never hurries or gets excited. It was a very controlled pour from start to finish.


Starting the pour in one corner.





The first bay is complete,

The post footers

These are the post footers after we dug them out. Each one is 24 by 24 by 8 inches deep.




Here is the view from the back showing the 6 post footers in place.




A view from a different angle.

Marking the post footers

This is the view after the stone was put in place. It took 2 dump trucks of stone to fill it.




After the excavator left I discovered that he put too much stone in the center section. Both ends are supposed to have 4 inches of concrete and the center bays are supposed to have 6 inches of concrete. It took me 2 days, about 3 hours each day to shovel out the extra stone by hand.


This view shows the plastic in place and the 1/2 inch rebar in place. The walls were drilled about 3 inches deep for the re-bar and this should keep it from cracking if the material below it settles. I am marking where each bent will go to locate the posts that will be out in the barn. Each post is supposed to have a 24 by 24 by 8 inch footer underneath for strength.

Loading the heavy equipment

This was interesting so I included it in my blog. These two pieces of heavy equipment did the excavation for my project. The back axle of the trailer travels forward and this puts the bed at an angle to drive the machines on.

After the machines are loaded the axle travels back and raises the bed off of the ground. Here the back wheels are about half way back.




Once the axle is fully extended back the equipment is hauled away.

Back Filling 2

This a view after we back filled the workshop end.





This is the back of the barn.