Pouring Concrete Foundation for Metal Building

[@mourbonaventure7475]

I love how you answer my questions before I ask them. Thanks Doc.

[@douglasbarnhart3324]

Looks good Doc.

[@johnhoward5367]

This is an honest question. Why not put down gravel, won't the ground settle?

[@SingleStacked]

Nice building. Myself I would put an overhead door at each end of the long building, but you know what big equipment will going in it, so may not be necessary.

[@GardenAquaticsReMix]

Looks good Doc.The surface Will it be be sealed?

[@MyGuyKirby]

Wise to build up that base for building, better for the runoff to flow around not through!

[@chrislambert5249]

Doc... when you added dirt to elevate the slab did you compact the dirt? Rebar in rhe slab?

[@HowTowithDoc]

Compacted via skidsteer. Hard as a rock. Rebar in the footer only.

[@mitchtucker5768]

@@HowTowithDocTracked machines are low compression machines. Not good for packing.

[@adamghazal9204]

Thanks Doc!

[@nwrjxn]

why no concrete reinforcement wire?

[@davidcarroll8533]

He poured a footing all the way around it so much is really not necessary in Georgia we don't have freeze and thaw and heaving like they do up North.

[@seanhatch4425]

No gravel base under that concrete?

[@jckclt]

For a pull barn, not needed. For a basement or slab house, absolutely

[@seanhatch4425]

@jckclt Ah ok thanks for clarification

[@spacecoastkid5033]

Here in Florida gravel is never used under home foundations. What is the purpose of that?

[@j.m.7056]

Will the surface need to be sealed?

[@HowTowithDoc]

Yes because of gas and oil from machines we put in.

[@j.m.7056]

​@@HowTowithDocI thought so!

[@harryinoklahoma1866]

Looks like when you were in the Marines, you spent some time behind a buffer.

[@JW-lo2bh]

That's a contractor, not Doc.

[@DennisNedryJP12]

Doc…….You da man!!!!!

[@imdmusic2012]

ground wire? are you doing an UFER ground? good idea.

[@jackhoffmann8646]

Is there fiber mesh in the concrete?.

[@mitchtucker5768]

I saw no fiber,wire, or rebar in that slab.🤔

[@mitchtucker5768]

So if you built your foundation up 6 to 14 inches and footings are 6 inches deep your footing never got down into existing hard packed dirt.🤔 In some places it’s lots higher than existing ground. And that slab needed fiber, wire, or rebar in it.

[@cnidawgs00]

I hope you don't scramble the new egg and feed it to the chickens. LOL

[@davefabian2942]

That surface is going to be slippery as owl snot 😂

[@davidcarroll8533]

He put down a vapor barrier I don't see any water coming through it so the chances of it being slippery are slim to none... just saying.

[@davefabian2942]

@@davidcarroll8533 that has nothing to do with it, the top surface is too smooth if his boots are wet or there is water on the deck someone is going down

[@jckclt]

​@@davidcarroll8533wet shoes, wet equipment, it will be a very slippery floor. Maybe he plans to epoxy it with sand

[@davidcarroll8533]

@@jckclt maybe it will be slick but how many of you ask Doc in a few months he's going to say it is not. I don't live far from him in Georgia and I don't have that problem in any of my garages and I have three

[@fredrubble4305]

@@davefabian2942I wouldn’t worry about it.

[@Tuber3748]

Is there anything you're not good at? The men here in Silicon Valley call maintenance to change a high lightbulb (not joking). Your wife is lucky! Our local hardware store calls them rent-a-husbands Its actually lightweight embarrassing when they call them up front over the store mic (We all use them here to do home matinence projects that our gardeners can't take on) I miss the men with grit like my grandfather… Your wife is blessed that you know so much. Most women want their daughters to marry a Dr./Lawyer I told our daughter who actually is a Dr. no, screw that -marry a nice GC who can do his own lawn😌 -you will thank me, Sincerely!

[@HowTowithDoc]

Luv ya.... :)